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Description: | Medal commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (left), pigtail, full uniform. Star and ribbon of Bath, badge showing below the bust. Medal round neck. Legend: 'HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON . K . B . DUKE OF BRONTE . &c.' Reverse: Legend, 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Exergue: 'TRAFALGAR OCTR. 21. 1805'. This medal was surreptitiously struck from an obverse die which had been rejected by Mr Boulton as the head was not considered a good likeness of the Admiral.
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Horatio Nelson | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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