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Handle plate
Handle plate commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). A circular plate with two holes for attachment screws. In the centre an embossed profile portrait of Nelson, not wearing a hat. Inscribed 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY OCT XXI MDCCCV ADMIRAL NELSON'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0696 |
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| Type: | Handle plate |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | Early 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 x 80 mm |
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