Token

Round, metal token, which on the obverse depicts Admiral Nelson's bust in profile and facing left. Around the bust is the inscription 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. On the reverse is the inscription: 'COPENHAGEN / THE DAN. FLEET / OF 17 SAIL / TAKEN, SUNK / OR DESTROYED / APRIL 2 1801.'

Object Details

ID: OBJ0343.4
Type: Token
Display location: Not on display
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Diameter: 20 mm
Parts: Token box
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