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Lid
Tobacco box lid commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Decorated wit a key pattern border and oak leaf border. Inscribed bacwards: 'CONQUEROR / AT / ABOUKIR / 1 AUGT 1798 / COPENHAGEN / 2 APRIL 1801 / TRAFALGAR / 21 OCT 1805 / WHERE HE GLORIOUSLY FELL'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0733 |
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| Type: | Lid |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | Early 19th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 70 mm; Diameter: 70 mm |