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Medal - Admiral Nelson, Boulton's Trafalgar Medal
| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| Weight | 50.02 g |
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| Obverse description | High-relief uniformed bust of Admiral Lord Nelson facing left, depicting him in naval dress uniform with epaulettes, decorations including the Order of the Bath star and a Maltese cross badge, and his hair tied in a queue. The encircling legend runs along the rim of the raised border. |
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| Obverse lettering | HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON . K . B . DUKE OF BRONTE . &c. |
| Reverse description | Detailed panoramic battle scene in finely engraved relief depicting the engagement at Trafalgar, with numerous sailing ships of the line amid billowing cannon smoke filling the upper field. Below the scene, a horizontal rule separates the exergue, which bears the inscription TRAFALGAR and the date OCT. 21. 1805. The legend ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY runs along the upper rim within a decorative ribbon border. |
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