Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Naval Gold Medal 1795-1815, 22mm., bronze-gilt, reverse engraved, ‘Horatio Nelson Esquire, Commodore and Fifth in Command on the 14 of Feb. MDCCXCVII, the Spanish Fleet Defeated’, unmounted, very fine £40-50

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