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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801. Obverse: Justice, sword in right hand, holds up the scales. Near by a compass on stand, against which lean two medallions with busts of 'H . PARKER .' and 'L . NELSON.' Sea horizon with ship. Anchor and book in foreground. Legend: 'MARITIME JUSTICE AND BRITISH VALOR.' Reverse: View of the battle, Copenhagen, the Sound and Forts at Narrows. Exergue: 'PASSED . THE . SOUND . AND DEFEATED . Y . DANISH FLEET . MAR . 30 .'
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Hyde medals Horatio Nelson Parker | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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