Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

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.)

Object Details

ID: MEC1174
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Creator: Webb, Thomas; Webb, Thomas
Date made: 1805
Exhibition: Nelson, Navy, Nation
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection
Measurements: Overall: 53 mm