Davison's Nile Medal
Obverse: On a rock near the sea Peace is standing holding in her right an olive branch and supporting with her left hand a medallion of Nelson, an anchor behind her. Legend: "REAR-ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE". Inscription: "EUROPE'S HOPE AND BRITAIN'S GLORY". Below: "C.H.K". (C.H.Kuchler). Reverse: View of Aboukir Bay, the English Fleet going into action, the French at anchor. Legend: "ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS". Exergue: "VICTORY OF THE NILE AUGUST 1 1798". Above (L) "M.B.SOHO" (R) "C.H.KUCHLER.FEC." Edge: "FROM ALEXR DAVISON, ESQR. ST.JAMES' SQUARE A TRIBUTE OF REGARD." Fitted into the top of a glazed wooden frame with a printed description on the medal (rev) and MSS notes (obv) which are signed Jaspar St.Croix.
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Object Details
ID: | MED0162 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | War medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Küchler, Conrad Heinrich |
Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
Date made: | 1798 |
People: | Davison, Alexander; Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
Measurements: | 47 mm |
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