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Box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A round wooden box with a screw lid containing two white metal tokens. Obverse: a profile bust of Nelson facing left, 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: 'ABOUKIR 14 ENG DEFEATED 15 FRENCH 10 TAKEN 2 BURNT AUG 1 1798.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0224 |
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| Type: | Box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | Early 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 15 mm x 30 mm |
| Parts: | Box |