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Bodkin
Bodkin commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The bodkin is made of white metal and has a small knob on the tip and at the other end is a rectangular hole with a small, round hole at the tip. On both sides, the bodkin is inscribed: Ld Nelson's Victory Oct 21 1805.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0748 |
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| Type: | Bodkin |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | B., T. |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 21 Oct 1805 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 55 mm |