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Box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A circular wooden, black lacquered box. On the lid, under glass, a gilt medallion with a portrait of Nelson after the Wyon medal. Inscribed: 'HOR . VICECOM . NELSON OB PATRIAM PUGNANDO MORT . OCT XXI MDCCCV' (died fighting for his country).
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0210 |
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| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1820 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 25 x 85 mm |
| Parts: | Box |