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Box commemorating the Seven Years War. A round silver box with a relief portrait of George II on the lid, and on the base a portrait of George III. A separate lid lifts to reveal 60 circles of paper printed with text and pictures described as: 'A Short History in Miniature of the Origin and Progress of the late War from its commemncement to the Exchange of the Ratification of Peace between Great Britain, France and Spain on the 10th of Feby 1763.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0337 |
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| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 |
| Date made: | After 1763 |
| People: | King George II; King George III |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 mm x 55 mm |
| Parts: | Box |