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H.M.S. 'Victory' comemmorative medallion
Copper medallion with hole perforated for suspension. Obverse: A ship in full sail. Inscription: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY. THANK GOD I HAVE DONE MY DUTY VICTORY TRAFALGAR OCT 21 1805.' Reverse: A full-length figure of Nelson. Inscription: 'PRESENTED BY THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS SOCIETY. DEATH OF NELSON OCT 21 1805 CENTENARY MOMENTO OCT 21 1905 ERVII. CONTAINING VICTORY COPPER FROM LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0595 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Medallion |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | 1905 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; British & Foreign Sailors Society Nelson, Horatio Smith, Henry Sutcliffe |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 2 mm; Diameter: 28 mm |