Membership token of The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society

Membership token of The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society. Issued annually as a receipt for subscriptions. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail and uniform (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Legend, 'THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY 1839'. Inscription: '1847. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION 2S. 6D.' Pierced with hole for suspension.

Object Details

ID: MEC2970
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Membership token
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Davis, Joseph
Date made: 1844
People: Nelson, Horatio; Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Davis, Joseph
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 43 mm