British Foreign Sailors Society: The Nelson Centenary Memorial Fund Medal. Commemorating a hundred years since the Battle of Trafalgar 1805-1905

Authority of issue: British Foreign Sailors Society

Metal: Copper

Dimensions: 33.55mm (L) & (32.5mm (W)

Suspension: Small fixed ring suspender with loose copper ring

Obverse: A four pointed decorative 'Star', with pepiction of the port side of Lord Horatio Nelson's flag-ship at Trafalgar, H.M.S. Victory, with the word "Victory below' and the date '1905' beneath

Reverse: Central inscription 'Copper from Nelson's Ships' and below the cypher E.R.VII. This surrounded by the legend 'British Foreign Sailors Society'

In 1905, the British & Foreign Sailor's Society created a programme of events for the commemoration of the 'Nelson Centennial'. A fund was set up known as The Nelson Centenary Memorial Fund" and the King-Emperor, Edward VII, who was patron of the society, allowed or his cypher E.R. VII, to adorn the medals. The subscribers to the fund and members of the public were able to acquire medals and badges, among other items, for appropriate donations

A scarce opportunity to obtain a medal, made from the metals of the warships of 'Nelson's Navy

Condition: GVF

Code: 22451