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.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0353
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