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Medal cast
Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: The Nelson monument, Birmingham shown with iron railings. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Below: 'BIRMINGHAM'. Reverse: Mourning Britannia, a distant view of the Batttle of Trafalgar behind her. Legend: 'HE FINISHED A COURSE OF GLORY IN THE ARMS OF VICTORY'. Exergue: 'OCTR. 21.1805'.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0939 |
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| Type: | Medal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 21 Oct 1805 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 5 mm x 37 mm |