Naval Gold Medal (Flag Officer's) for The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Flag officer's Naval gold medal awarded to Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810). 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 within a wreath of oak and laurel: 'CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD ESQUIRE, VICE ADMIRAL AND SECOND IN COMMAND. ON THE 21 OCTOBER MDCCCV. THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN DEFEATED'. The medal is fitted with a loop and a ring for suspension and is glazed the protect the surface. The ribbon is missing.
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Object Details
ID: | MED0159 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | War medal |
Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
Creator: | Pingo, Lewis; Pingo, Lewis |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | 1797; 1805 |
Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
People: | Collingwood, Cuthbert |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 77 x 51 mm |