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Boulton's Trafalgar Medal
Obverse: Bust of Adm. Viscount Nelson with pigtail, in uniform and order (L). 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. OCT. 21. 1805". Inscription incuse: ": "PHILIP FORBES Yeo of Sigs. H.M.S. VICTORY". Inscription on edge: "TO THE HEROES OF TRAFALGAR FROM M. BOULTON". Punched with a hole and fitted with a ring and blue satin ribbon.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0207 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Küchler, Conrad Heinrich |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Forbes, Philip |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 48 mm |