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  2. Monumental brass - Wikipedia

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    Brass group of 1378 commemorating Sir John Foxley and his two wives in St Michael's Church, Bray, Berkshire. A monumental brass is a type of engraved sepulchral memorial once found through Western Europe, which in the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies carved in stone or wood.

  3. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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    The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...

  4. Plaquette - Wikipedia

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    A plaquette (French:; "small plaque") is a small low relief sculpture in bronze or other materials. These were popular in the Italian Renaissance and later. They may be commemorative, but especially in the Renaissance and Mannerist periods were often made for purely decorative purposes, with often crowded scenes from religious, historical or ...

  5. Commemorative plaque - Wikipedia

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    A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such ...

  6. Kohima War Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Another notable feature at the site is a cherry tree near the tennis court where the battle was fought, where a small brass plaque reads: [10] [13] For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. The original tree, from which a branch has been used to create the present tree where the plaque is fixed, had been used for target practice by the Japanese forces.

  7. English church monuments - Wikipedia

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    A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a deceased person or persons, located within a Christian church. It can take various forms ranging from a simple commemorative plaque or mural tablet affixed to a wall, to a large and elaborate structure, on the ground or as a mural monument, which may include an effigy of the ...

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