Auction Catalogue

2 April 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1369

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£30

Death of Nelson 1805, white metal medal by P. Wyon, 52mm., seaman mourning by an inscribed tomb before an obelisk, bearing Nelson’s bust, surmounted by a naval crown, trophies to each side; reverse: Britannia, grief stricken, seated by an inscribed pedestal as Neptune reveals an urn bearing the initials H.N.’ (Ref: B.H.M. 579; Eimer 958), very fine £30-40