Naval Gold Medal (Flag Officer's) for The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
        
        Flag officer's Naval gold medal awarded to Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810). Obverse: Britannia, a spear in her left hand and a shield below, standing on the deck of an antique galley, her right foot resting on a helmet, crowned with a wreath by a winged victory. Reverse inscribed within a wreath of oak and laurel: 'CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD ESQUIRE, VICE ADMIRAL AND SECOND IN COMMAND. ON THE 21 OCTOBER MDCCCV. THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN DEFEATED'. The medal is fitted with a loop and a ring for suspension and is glazed the protect the surface. The ribbon is missing.
              
      
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0159 | 
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| Collection: | Coins and medals | 
| Type: | War medal | 
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery | 
| Creator: | Pingo, Lewis; Pingo, Lewis | 
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 | 
| Date made: | 1797; 1805 | 
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation | 
| People: | Collingwood, Cuthbert | 
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection | 
| Measurements: | Overall: 77 x 51 mm |