Nelson's death at Trafalgar in October 1805 came just as the battle was won — he was shot by a French sniper aboard HMS Victory and died below decks before the engagement concluded. His body was preserved in a cask of brandy for the return voyage to England, where he received a state funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral. Guernsey's issuance in the bicentenary year of 1805 sits within a crowded field of commemoratives from multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions marking the same anniversary.
Nelson's death at Trafalgar in October 1805 came just as the battle was won — he was shot by a French sniper aboard HMS Victory and died below decks before the engagement concluded. His body was preserved in a cask of brandy for the return voyage to England, where he received a state funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral. Guernsey's issuance in the bicentenary year of 1805 sits within a crowded field of commemoratives from multiple Commonwealth jurisdictions marking the same anniversary.