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Boulton's Trafalgar Medal
Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson with pigtail, in uniform and with ribbon and star of the Bath (left). Legend: 'HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON K.B. DUKE OF BRONTE &'. Reverse: General view of the battle. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Exergue: 'TRAFALGAR. OCTR. 21. 1805'. Inscription on edge: 'E.T. BURR, MIDSHIPMAN'. Suspended by a plain clasp from a white ribbon edged blue (as for Naval General Service Medal) with bar: 'TRAFALGAR'. For online access text please see the 'Notebook' field within the 'Mail' icon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0201 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery |
| Creator: | Küchler, Conrad Heinrich |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Burr, Edward Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Diameter: 48 mm |
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