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    "localId": "96136",
    "label": "Medal: John Paul Jones",
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    "title": "Medal: John Paul Jones",
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    "inscriptions": [
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            "inscription": "Joanni Pavlo Jones classis Praefecto. Comita Americana."
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            "inscription": "HOSTIVM NAVIBVS CAPTIS AVT FT GATIS."
        },
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            "inscription": "AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. M. DCCLXXVIIII. DUPRE F."
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