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Description: | Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson with pigtail, in uniform and with ribbon and star of the Bath (left). 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. OCTR. 21. 1805'. Inscription on edge: 'E.T. BURR, MIDSHIPMAN'. Suspended by a plain clasp from a white ribbon edged blue (as for Naval General Service Medal) with bar: 'TRAFALGAR'. For online access text please see the 'Notebook' field within the 'Mail' icon.
Article by David Vice 'Medal News' May, 1997 pp. 20-22.
caption: Boulton's Trafalgar Medal, obverse
caption: Boulton's Trafalgar Medal, reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Boulton's Trafalgar Medal The Nile Horatio Nelson Burr campaign medals Nelson's great battles Edward Thomas | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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