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Description: | Obverse: Bust of Adm. Viscount Nelson with pigtail, in uniform and order (L). Legend: "HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON.K.B.DUKE OF BRONTE.&." Reverse: General view of the battle. Legend: "ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY". Exergue: "TRAFALGAR. OCT. 21. 1805". Inscription on edge: "IN TESTIMONY OF MERIT, TRAFALGAR OCT. XXI. 1805". Weight 75 grams. Belonged to Rear-Admiral Thomas Louis.
Article by David Vice 'Medal News' May, 1997 pp. 20-22. Restrike in 1905? See Sim Comfort.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Boulton's Trafalgar Medal Horatio Nelson campaign medals Louis Rear-Thomas | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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