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186 - ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR TRAFALGAR, 21ST OCTOBER 1805
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ALEXANDER DAVISON’S MEDAL FOR TRAFALGAR, 21ST OCTOBER 1805 pewter with copper rim and integral suspension, as issued ( very fine) -- 2in. (5cm.) diam. Provenance: Christie's London: Trafalgar Bicentenary, The Age of Nelson, Wellington & Napoleon, 19 October 2005, lot 63. Designed and struck by Thomas Halliday on his own initiative or to the order of Nelson's prize agent Alexander Davison following the Battle of Trafalgar, for issue to surviving seamen in H.M.S. Victory for wearing in the funeral procession. Accordingly, some 600 medals were struck; however, as John Brown, seaman on Victory, revealed in a letter on 18 December 1805, only 300 medals would be required 'There is three hundred of us Pickt out to go to Lord Nelson Funral. We are to wear blue Jackets with Trowsers and a black scarf round our arms and hats besides gold medal [sic] for the battle of Trafalgar Valued £7 1s. round our necks. That I shall take care of until I take it home to Shew it to you.'
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