Token

Token commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of Trafalgar. 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: OBJ0354
Type: Token
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 1806-07; 1806-1807
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 20 mm