Token box

Token box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A circular wooden box with a screw on lid containing four silver tokens. (a) Obverse: The admiral's bust, profile facing left. 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: 'ABOUKIR / 14 ENG / DEFEATED / 15 FRENCH / 10 TAKEN 2 BURNT / AUG 1 1798.' (b) The admiral's bust, profile facing left. 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: 'COPENHAGEN / THE DAN. FLEET / OF 17 SAIL / TAKEN, SUNK / OR DESTROYED / APRIL 2 1801.' (c) Obverse: The admiral's bust, profile facing left. 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: 'ST VINCENT / 15 ENG. / DEFEATED 27 SPANISH / & / CAPTURED 4 / FEB 14 1797.' (d) Obverse: The admiral's bust, profile facing left. 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: 'TRAFALGAR / 27 ENG / DEFEATED 33 SP. & FR. & CAPTURED 19 / OCT 21 1805.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0342
Type: Token box
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: after 1805; 1806-07 1806-1807
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 10 mm x 24 mm
Parts: Token box