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medal / Admiral William Brown
One of a set of five medals commemorating Admiral William (Guillermo) Brown, founder of the Argentinian Navy. 1957. Bronze,'Guillermo Brown' inscribed on obverse, and on the reverse a depiction of a canon in front of an anchor, '1857 1957', 'Comision Nacional de Homenaje', Decreto lay no. 18853....
medal / Admiral William Brown
One of a set of five medals commemorating Admiral William (Guillermo) Brown, founder of the Argentinian Navy. 1957. Gold, 'Guillermo Brown' inscribed on obverse, and on the reverse a depiction of a canon in front of an anchor, '1857 1957', 'Comision Nacional de Homenaje', Decreto lay no. 18853....
medal / Admiral William Brown
One of a set of five medals commemorating Admiral William (Guillermo) Brown, founder of the Argentinian Navy. 1957.Gold, 'Guillermo Brown' inscribed on obverse, and on the reverse a depiction of a canon in front of an anchor, '1857 1957', 'Comision Nacional de Homenaje', Decreto lay no. 18853. On...
photograph / Laurence Ginnell, Argentinia, 1921
Photograph of Laurence Ginnell, taken by J.P. Flynn, leaving the Irish Hall in Salon San Patricio in Rosario de Sante Fe, Argentina, in October 1921. Mr Ginnell visited the Argentine for the purpose of organising public opinion there.
medal / Admiral William Brown
One of a set of five medals commemorating Admiral William (Guillermo) Brown, founder of the Argentinian Navy. 1957. Gold. On obverse 'Gloria alos Vencedobes en las Aguas del Uruguay 9 de Febrero 1827'. On the reverse is 'Comision Nacional de Homenaje al Admirante Guillermo Brown', 'Decrdeeto lay...
medal / Admiral William Brown
One of a set of five medals commemorating Admiral William (Guillermo) Brown, founder of the Argentinian Navy. 1957. Silver. On obverse 'Gloria alos Vencedobes en las Aguas del Uruguay 9 de Febrero 1827'. On the reverse is 'Comision Nacional de Homenaje al Admirante Guillermo Brown', 'Decrdeeto...
medal / Battle of Montevideo, 1807
One of two Argentinian medals. Silver medal on a blue and white ribbon. On the obverse 'A los Libertadores de Montevideo 1814', and 'La Patria Reconocida' on the reverse. Medal for the Battle of Montevideo, 1807, instituted in 1814. Napoleonic Wars.