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Boulton's Trafalgar Medal
Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson with pigtail, in uniform and ribbon and star of the Bath (left). Legend: 'HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON. K.B. DUKE OF BRONTE. &.' Reverse: General view of the battle. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Exergue: 'TRAFALGAR. OCTR. 21. 1805'. Inscription incuse: 'John Peart, Africa'. The medal is enclosed in a 'watch' glass case fitted with a loop and ring. John Peart appears on the ship's muster books of HMS 'Africa' as a pressed man aged 27 from Portsmouth in Hampshire.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0203 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Küchler, Conrad Heinrich |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Peart, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 48 mm |
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