Great Britain - Historical Medals

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Lot 2452    SESSION 9 (4.30PM WEDNESDAY 1ST APRIL)    Great Britain - Historical Medals

Estimate $60
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SOLD $60

LORD NELSON'S FLAGSHIP FOUDROYANT, 1897, stuck in copper (37mm), with metal recovered from Lord Nelson's flagship after breaking up (BHM 3613; Eimer 1813); Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1905, in white metal (32mm) (BHM.3923), being a reduced size version of the medal designed for Mathew Boulton in 1805; Foudroyant, undated, made from copper bolt of Nelson's flagship (16.5mm), with suspension loop; B.F.S.S. (British & Foreign Sailors' Society), Nelson Centenary, 1905, made from copper from HMS Victory (16.5mm) (4, two with Victory obverse, and two with George V Patron obverse), all with suspension loop; another with a similar Victory 1905 design but with the port broadside of Victory, this is within an elaborate cross design (32x33mm), with suspension loop, in a scarce original British & Foreign Sailors' Society Souvenir box. The first with some oxidation toned areas and the second with edge bumps and nicks, otherwise fine - uncirculated. (8)

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