Preble Congressional Medal reverse.JPG

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Description	Symbol of Edward Preble.
Source	http://preblefamily.org/Commodore.html
Portion used	Whole symbol used to avoid misrepresenting image.
Low resolution?	Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original.
Other information	Intellectual property owned by the American Congress.

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Non-free media rationale for Edward Preble
Article	Edward Preble
Purpose of use	Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the entity represented by the image. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of this article topic.
Replaceable?	Protected by copyright and other restrictions including article 6ter of the Paris Convention, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

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