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Medal cast

Two casts, obverse and reverse, of a commemorative medal. Obverse: The Nelson monument, Birmingham shown with iron railings. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Below: 'BIRMINGHAM'. Reverse: Mourning Britannia, a distant view of the Batttle of Trafalgar behind her. Legend: 'HE FINISHED A COURSE OF GLORY IN THE ARMS OF VICTORY'. Exergue: 'OCTR. 21.1805'.

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Object details

ID:	SEC0939
Type:	Medal cast
Display location:	Not on display
Events:	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made:	21 Oct 1805
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 5 mm x 37 mm