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Description: | Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Obverse: The Admiral's bust, (left), undraped. Legend: 'HOR . VICECOM . NELSON OB PATRIAM PVGNANDO MORT . OCT XXI . MDCCCV.' (Died fighting for his country). Reverse: Bellona, winged, laureate, bundle of thunderbolts in raised right hand, stepping over the sea, on which in distance antique galleys are fighting. Legend: 'IPSE BELLI FVLMEN.' (Himself the thunderbolt of war).
caption: Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805); obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805); reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Thomas Horatio Nelson Webb | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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