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Medal commemorating Nelson's battles: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

Medal commemorating Nelson's battles: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Obverse: Victory on the prow of a war-galley, holding an oval profile portrait of Nelson (right). Legend: 'VICTORIA .' Below: 'ABOVKIR . COPENHAG . CADIZ .' Reverse: Within a wreath of a laurel and palm branch the inscription: 'H . VICECOM . NELSON OB PATRIAM PVGNANDO MORT . OCT . XXI . MDCCCV.' (Died fighting for his country.)

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Object Details

ID:	MEC1265
Collection:	Coins and medals
Type:	Medal
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Unknown
Events:	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 French Revolutionary Wars: Blockade of Cadiz, 1797
Date made:	1805
People:	Nelson, Horatio
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 38 mm