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  • 51Crown jewels — The Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom Crown jewels are jewels or artifacts of the reigning royal family of their respective country. They belong to monarchs and are passed to the next sovereign to symbolize the right to rule. They may… …

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  • 52Cumdach — Main face of the cumdach for Molaise s Gospels, 11th century …

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  • 53Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) — Croix de guerre 1914–1918 Croix de guerre with four mentions (awarded to Col. Brébant): 1 bronze palm 1 silver gilt star 1 silver star 1 bronze star …

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  • 54Nef (metalwork) — The Burghley Nef, silver gilt (with sections ungilded), and nautilus shell, 1527 1528, France, V A Museum …

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  • 55Croix de guerre — This article is about a French military decoration. For the Belgian decoration known as the Croix de guerre or Oorlogskruis, see War Cross (Belgium). . Croix de guerre A 1914 1918 Croix de guerre. Only the ribbon differs with other Croix …

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  • 56Margaret Laton's embroidered jacket — Jacket and portrait of Margaret Laton, about 1610 V A Museum no. T.228 1994 Margaret Laton s jacket is a surviving example of English Jacobean embroidery, significant because it appears in a portrait which has also survived. The jacket was… …

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  • 57Ceremonial mace — The ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high official in civic ceremonies by a mace bearer, intended to represent the official s authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the… …

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  • 58Florence — Firenze and Florentine redirect here. For other uses, see Florentin, Florentine (disambiguation), Florence (disambiguation) or Firenze (disambiguation). Florence Firenze   Comune   …

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  • 59Palazzo Pitti — The Palazzo Pitti, in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast mainly Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo… …

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  • 60Germain, Thomas — born 1673, Paris, Fr. died Aug. 14, 1748, Paris French silver and goldsmith. He studied painting as a boy and in 1691 was apprenticed to a silversmith in Rome. From 1706 to the 1720s, back in France, he worked on church commissions, such as a… …

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