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Description: | Box commemorating Lord Nelson, lined with two paper compass roses (N pointing to victory). Obverse: Bust of Nelson (L) undraped. Legend: "ENGLAND'S VICE ADMIRAL NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE" "HOR.VICE COM. NELSON OB.PATRIAM PVGNANDO MORT. OCT.XXI MDCCCCV." Reverse: Bellona, winged, laureate, bundle of thunderbolts in raised right hand, stepping over the sea, antique galleys fighting in the distance. Legend: "RECORD OF NAVAL VALOUR EVERY MAN HAS DONE HIS DUTY" "IPSE BELLI FVLMEN"
AUDIT - COMPASS ROSES NEED PART NUMBERS | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson boxes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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