Description
Nelson, The Weeping Sailor, white metal memorial medal, 1805, by P.Wyon for J ames Bissett, a young sailor at a monument on which a portrait of Nelson, rev Brittannia and Neptune by funeral urn, 51mm, observe very fine, reverse darkened, fine; Nelson, a medallic roundel in deeply patinated brass, uniformed bust in centre to left, ADMIRAL NELSON, outer rim with his signal, ENGLAND EXPECTS....., 70mm, very fine; together with a curious cast of the medallic bust and base similar to the box in the previous lot, 52mm, fair to fine. (3)
Reference: cfBrown, British Historical Medals, 579, 580
