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Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 382

Death of Lord Nelson 1805, silver medal by T. Webb, 53mm., obverse, bust of Nelson left, W on truncation, reverse, IPSE BELLI FVLMEN, Bellona hurling thunderbolts at war galleys (BHM.577; MH.507; S.LL/28), extremely fine, attractively toned, very rare Estimate £ 400-500The reverse is taken from a design by John Flaxman

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£700