Police appeal for information following thefts

PICTURED here is a medal commemorating the taking of Porto Bello by Admiral Vernon in 1739. It was among the items stolen from a country house museum in south Derbyshire on the afternoon of May 20.

The items, all small medals and coins - mostly of historical and sentimental rather than great monet…

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