Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nelson Medals.
A privately published book of the various commemorative medals struck to commemorate the actions and life of Lord Nelson, starting with the various commemorative Medals for the Battle of the Nile 1798, including Alexander Davison’s Nile Medal, and finishing with the Trafalgar Centenary Medals of 1905, privately published by Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Marquis of Milford Haven, 29pp, fully illustrated, paper covers; together with a letter of provenance dated 1958, reasonable condition £80-£100

Sold with a copy of the Royal Navy’s ‘Trafalgar 200’ commemorative programme; a facsimile copy of The Times, 7 November 1805, containing Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s Despatch of the Battle of Trafalgar; a copy of the auction catalogue for the Wallis & Wallis Nelson Commemoration Auction, 19 July 2005; a copy of the auction catalogue for the Morton & Eden auction including the Suckling Collection of Medals illustrating the Life and Times of Nelson, 3 July 2008; and a modern framed print of the Nelson coat of arms.