PLAQUE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NELSON SHIELD
- Materials
- COPPER, OAK, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19694273000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NELSON SHIELD
- Date
- 1907
- Materials
- COPPER, OAK, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 35.5
- Width
- 22.8
- Description
- IN THE SHAPE OF A SHIELD; HAS 3 COPPER PIECES MOUNTED TO WOOD BASE. PICTURES A SHIP AND THE BUST OF A MAN. ETCHED INTO COPPER PIECE AT TOP OF PLAQUE IS "FLEETWOOD". EMBOSSED ON PIECES BELOW THIS IS "ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OCT. 21ST 1805. MADE OF COPPER FROM HMS VICTORY & FOUDROYANT PRESENTED BY LORD STRATHCONA & MOUNTROYAL THROUGH BRITISH & FOREIGN SAILORS SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN SCHOOLS 1907 WARDEN OF THE SHIELD FOR THIS YEAR "PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT" ". THERE ARE PAPER REMNANT ON BACK WITH BLUE PRINT.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- EDUCATION
- History
- REF: TO P19705765000-GA FOR HISTORY OF NELSON SHIELDS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19694273000
- Acquisition Date
- 1969-07
- Collection
- Museum
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