Medal - Nelson's naval victory at Aboukir

Medal - Nelson's naval victory at Aboukir - obverseMedal - Nelson's naval victory at Aboukir - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King George III (1760-1820)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1798
Composition Brass
Weight 13.85 g
Diameter 31.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
229846
References Wurzbach# 6705,
Wolfgang von Wurzbach; 1943. Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons. Amalthea-Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland.
Eimer# 894,
Christopher Eimer; 2010. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
Slg.Julius# 639,
Sammlung Julius; 1958. Krieg und Frieden auf der Medaille und in der Gedenkmünze. Münzhandlung R. Gaettens, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hennin# 856
Michel Hennin; 1826. Histoire numismatique de la Révolution française, ou description raisonnee des medailles monnaies et autres monumens numismatiques relatifs aux affaires de la France depuis l'ouverture des Etats generaux jusqu'a l'etablissement du gouvernement consulaire. J. S. Merlin, Paris .

Commemorative issue

Naval victory of Nelson and the British fleet at Aboukir against the French fleet

Obverse

Uniformed bust facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NELSON PRAEFECTUS CLASSIS ANGLICAE
IETTON

Reverse

Neptune killing a hyppocampus.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TERROR TERRIBILIUM
I:AUGUST I MDCCLXXXXVIII

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1798  MDCCLXXXXVIII

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