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Medal - Great London Fire Tercentenary 57mm
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length figure of Samuel Pepys standing in the foreground, holding a cane, with the Gothic facade of old St. Paul's Cathedral engulfed in flames behind him and burning buildings flanking the scene. The surrounding legend in cursive script quotes a passage from Pepys' diary, with the source attribution in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | "And again to see the fire, which was now got further" Pepys' Diary 2·IX·1666 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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