Token
Token commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile. 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.'
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Object Details
ID: | OBJ0353 |
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Type: | Token |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
Date made: | 1806-07; 1806-1807 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 20 mm |
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