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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25972600, member: 10461&quot;]I don&#039;t know what &quot;The Stormy Petrel&quot; refers to, but obviously it references something personal for the person who had the coin engraved.&nbsp; Something that happened on that voyage that took place aboard the <i>S.S. Friesland</i> from August 22-31, 1896.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, in the <i>literal</i> sense, a stormy petrel is a bird.&nbsp; But in <i>this</i> context, I strongly suspect it is referring to something else.&nbsp; A nickname for a person?&nbsp; The title of a play performed on board during the voyage?&nbsp; A song? That part I don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>You wouldn&#039;t create a souvenir of the voyage like that and then just randomly stick a bird name in the center of the engraving, like &quot;seagull&quot; or &quot;pelican&quot;.&nbsp; It&#039;s a metaphor for something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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