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Round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory'
Round wooden box with a screw lid, black lacquered. There is a gilt lining to the base and a gilt rim round the edge of the lid which has a gilt stud in the centre. On the base, a silver plaque inscribed: 'Made of wood from H.M.S. Victory on which I served and was severely wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar. This box was presented to me by my brother CAPT. G.A. WEST PHAL1815.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0607 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | 1815 |
| People: | Westphal, George Augustus Alexander; Smith, Henry Sutcliffe |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 22 mm; Diameter: 70 mm |
| Parts: | Round box made from H.M.S. 'Victory' |