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An image showing 'Counter commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile, 1798; reverse'
An image showing 'Counter commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile, 1798; obverse'
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Counter commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile, 1798

Counter commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Battle of the Nile, 1798. Obverse: Bust of Nelson (left), bare-headed. Full uniform. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY.' Below, a star. Reverse: Inscription, 'ABOUKIR 14 ENG . DEFEATED 15 FRENCH . 10 TAKEN 2 BURNT AUG I . 1798'.
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Object Details

ID: MEC1471
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 20 mm