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Naval Gold Medal (Captain's) for the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Captain's Naval Gold medal awarded posthumously to Captain John Cooke (1763-1805). Obverse: Britannia, a spear in her left hand and a shield below, standing on the deck of an antique galley, her right foot resting on a helmet, crowned with a wreath by a winged victory. Reverse inscribed: ' + JOHN COOKE ESQUIRE + CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. BELLEROPHON ON THE 21 OCTOBER MDCCCV THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN DEFEATED'. The medal is fitted with a gold rim with a watch glass on both sides to protect the surface. It is suspended from a loop and gold bar by a blue edged white ribbon with a gold buckle.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0156 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pingo, Lewis |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Bellerophon (1786) |
| Date made: | 1797 |
| People: | Cooke, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 40 mm |