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173 - ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE NILE, 1ST AUGUST 1798, PROBABLY GIVEN BY LORD NELSON TO EDWARD THORNBROUGH PARKER
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ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR THE NILE, 1ST AUGUST 1798, PROBABLY GIVEN BY LORD NELSON TO EDWARD THORNBROUGH PARKER By C. H. Küchler in copper-gilt as issued to petty officers, with suspension loop, fine -- ¾in. (4.5cm.) diam.; together with a family inventory dated 26 July 1923, where listed as “A brass Nile medal, which belonged either to Commander Daniel Shewen or to my grand-uncle Captain Edward Thornbrough Parker R.N.” Provenance: Admiral Lord Nelson probably by gift to Captain Edward Thornbrough Parker, thence by family descent. Commander Daniel Shewen R.N., died 1845, was severely wounded at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797 and subsequently served on the Home Station until 1806, and never under Lord Nelson.
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