CNG 87, Lot: 2164. Estimate $400. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREAT BRITAIN. Admiral Horatio Nelson, Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe. 1758-1805. Æ Medal (47mm, 39.44 g, 12h). Battle of the Nile. By C. H. Küchler. Dated 1798. REAR-ADMIRAL LORD NELSON OF THE NILE, Hope standing left on rocky promontory, holding olive branch and oval shield bearing bust of Horatio Nelson left, in military regalia and inscribed EUROPE’S HOPE AND BRITAIN’S GLORY; anchor behind / ALMIGHTY GOD HAS BLESSED HIS MAJESTY’S ARMS, British fleet assembled in Aboukir Bay, preparing to engage the French; in two lines in exergue, VICTORY OF THE NILE/AUGUST 1 · 1798 ·. BHM 447; Eimer 890; Hardy 5. EF, brown patina.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.