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Panel
Part of an oak panel, removed from the students' gallery, Greyfriars Church, Aberdeen, carved with students' names.
Medal. A grey metal medal with a three-quarter profile of a short haired, elderly man and the inscription Alexander John Forsyth LL D 28 Dec 1768 - 11 June 1843.
Silver medallion to Rev. Alexander John Forsyth who invented a percussion lock for fire-arms.
Inscription: Armourers' Company Alexander John Forsyth
Inscription: Armourers' Company Alexander John Forsyth
Fossil. A long piece of rock with the imprint of a fish on it, viewed from the side, including bones and scales.
Fossil of an Osteolepid fish from Tynet Burn near Fochabers - probably browsed on vegetation and small worms.
Fossil. A round piece of rock with the imprint of a fish, viewed top down, with a wing like fin extending from each side near the head.
Fossil of Pterichthyodes milleri, from Lethen Bar - an armoured bottom-dwelling fish.
Rhynie chert. A large irregular block of grey stone polished smooth on one side. The face has numerous small round cavities each surrounded by a ring of darker stone, and irregular cave like cavities full of a cream coloured mineral.
Piece of Rhynie chert. Chert is a hard silica-rich rock. Rhynie chert, over 400-412 million years old) was first discovered by Dr William Mackie in 1912.
Communion Token
Communion token, oval in shape. Inscription both sides.
Inscription: PARISH CHURCH PORT SOY 1871 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Inscription: PARISH CHURCH PORT SOY 1871 | THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME
Medallion. Copper metal medallion with the profile of a large man wearing a cuirass and the inscription GULIELMUS DUX CUMBRIAE on one side. On the other a man kneels before a lion wearing a crown, and 1746 is inscribed,
Medallion of the Duke of Cumberland and the Battle of Culloden.
Inscription: Battle of Culloden
Inscription: Battle of Culloden
Medallion. Grey metal medallion, with the profile of a man wearing laurels and the inscription CVIVS EST on one side. On the other is a map of the British Isles with regions labelled Scot, Brit and Hib. The isles are surrounded by ships and the word REDDITE is inscribed.
Commemorative Medal. Silver, round. Obverse: CVIVS (five dots, arranged in a cross) / (five dots,arranged as a square with one in the middle) EST (five dots arranged as a square with one in the middle). Bust of James VIII, laureate, draped,…
Medal Token
Lead or tin commemorative medal. One side shows battle of Culloden, other side is blank.
Inscription: REBELLION JUSTLY REWARDED CULLODEN ( 16 AP ?) 1746
Inscription: REBELLION JUSTLY REWARDED CULLODEN ( 16 AP ?) 1746
Communion Token
Communion token, rectangular in shape. Letters MF on one side, other side blank.
Inscription: MF
Inscription: MF