ADMIRAL NELSON, MATTHEW BOULTON'S TRAFALGAR MEDAL 1805 IN BA...

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ADMIRAL NELSON, MATTHEW BOULTON'S TRAFALGAR MEDAL 1805 IN BASE METAL - 47MM DIA, OBVERSE "HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON K.B. DUKE OF BRONTE &C" NOTE UNUSUAL MINT LETTERS "WR L" BELOW BUST. REVERSE VIEW OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. EDGE LETTERING "TO THE HEROES OF TRAFALGAR FROM M : BOULTON". THESE MEDALS PRODUCED AT BOULTON'S OWN EXPENSE AS HE WAS SADDENED THAT GEORGE III HAD NOT PRODUCED AN AWARD FOR THE BRAVE SEAMEN. THESE WERE PRODUCED IN SILVER AND BRONZE FOR OFFICERS AND IN BASE METAL FOR REGULAR SEAMEN.