Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval Gold Medal 1795-1815, gilt glazed medal within a gold frame, reverse engraved, ‘Horatio Nelson Esquire, Commodore and Fifth in Command on the 14th of Feb. MDCCXCVII, the Spanish Fleet Defeated’, nearly extremely fine, scarce £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Carol Benton Collection of Miniature Medals.

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Examples known from each of Nelson’s great victories - St. Vincent, Nile and Trafalgar. Produced c.1905 - the centenary of the battle of Trafalgar