Davison's Nile Medal

Obverse: On a rock near the sea Peace is standing holding in her right an olive branch and supporting with her left hand a medallion of Nelson, an anchor behind her. Legend: "REAR-ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE". Inscription: "EUROPE'S HOPE AND BRITAIN'S GLORY". Below: "C.H.K". (C.H.Kuchler). Reverse: View of Aboukir Bay, the English Fleet going into action, the French at anchor. Legend: "ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS". Exergue: "VICTORY OF THE NILE AUGUST 1 1798". Above (L) "M.B.SOHO" (R) "C.H.KUCHLER.FEC." Edge: "FROM ALEXR DAVISON, ESQR. ST.JAMES' SQUARE A TRIBUTE OF REGARD." Glazed and fitted with a silver ring in a tooled case. Hand written inscription on case "From Rudyard Kipling to L C Cornford 'for his naval work these last few years' April 1910"

Object Details

ID: MED0166
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Küchler, Conrad Heinrich
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: 1798
People: Davison, Alexander; Nelson, Horatio Kipling, Rudyard Cornford, Leslie Cope
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 47 mm
Parts: Davison's Nile Medal