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Gold Medal presented by the King of Sardinia to Mr. H. Lowman Taylor, 1858. 'On the occasion of the visit of the King of Sardinia to her Majesty the Queen, at the time this country was engaged in the war with Russia, the Corporation of London availed itself of the circumstance and invited him to an entertainment at the Guildhall, presented to him an address, and demonstrated in unmistakable terms its appreciation of his patriotic and chivalrous character...the entertainment...was attended by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Majesty's Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors with their ladies, and a numerous and distinguished company...The King of Sardinia, desirous to perpetuate his appreciation of the attention paid him, in addition to a magnificent gold snuff box presented to the then Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Salomons), ordered to be struck a gold medal for the chairman of the committee, which has recently been forwarded to Mr. [Henry Lowman] Taylor by Count Nigra, the Minister of his Majesty's Household, with a very flattering letter'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.