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Description: ENGRAVED IN COPPER AT TOP "CENTRAL" (SHIP) (HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF MAN) ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY. "ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OCT. 21ST 1805" "MADE OF COPPER FROM H.M.S. VICTORY & FOUDROYANT PRESENTED BY LORDSTRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL G.C.M.G. THROUGH BRITISH & FOREIGN SAILORS SOCIETY FOR CANADIAN SCHOOLS 1907 E.R. VIII". "WARDEN OF THE SHIELD FOR THIS YEAR PALMAN QUI MERUIT FERAT. PAPER LABEL ON BACK (BRITISH ENSIGN & COAT-OF-ARMS BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAILORS SOCIETY. PATRON - HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY KING GEORGE V.".

History: THIS SHIELD IS MADE OF THE PURE COPPER OF LORD NELSON'S OWN FLAGSHIPS STAMPED WITH KING EDWARD'S CIPHER E.R. VII, BY ROYAL COMMAND, AND PROVIDED BY LORDS OFTHE ADMIRALTY. IT WAS PRESENTED BY R.T. HON. LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL G.C.M.G., LL.D, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR CANADA IN LONDON. IT BELONGS TO THE COLLEGE OR SCHOOL AND MUST NOT BE TAKEN AWAY, IT MAY BE USED AS THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTS; FOR COMPETITION IN SPORTS, REGULARITY, PUNCTUALITY OR ANY FORM OF ACHIEVEMENT BY SCHOOL; OR AS AN AWARD FOR ESSAYS ON THE EMPIRE, SEA, POWER EXCLAMATION, COLONIZATION, CITIZENSHIP, OR KINDRED SUBJECTS. IT IS INTENDED TO STAND FOR FAITH IN GOD, THE UNITY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE & THE IMPORTANCE OF DUTY IN THE HOME, SCHOOL AND IN ALL THE W.... IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE THE WARDEN OF...COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRIBUTION. REV. ALFRED HALL 64 WELLESLEY STREET, TORONTO, CANADA. "GOD SAVE THE ...".