Medal commemorating Admiral Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)
Medal commemorating Admiral Viscount 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.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC1178 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Webb, Thomas; Webb, Thomas |
Date made: | 1805 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Fawssett Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 53 mm |