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Token box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The box has been engraved and hallmarked. (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.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0349 |
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| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Samuel Pemberton |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Date made: | 1806-1807 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 22 mm |
| Parts: | Box |