Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Matthew Boulton’s Medal for Trafalgar 1805, white metal, reverse inscribed, ‘Thomas Lansdown Conqueror’, the medal mounted within a gilt frame, with loop suspension, glazed on the reverse, the glass is cracked in several places, the medal itself shows significant damage (fire damage?), especially to the obverse, overall condition therefore fine £500-600

The medal is believed to have come out of a San Francisco boarding house in 1904 when it was given in lieu of rent. It was then held by the boarding house owner and succeeding family until the present day. It is interesting to speculate that the damage to the piece may have come about in the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.