Medal commemorating the Battle of the Nile
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1798
This medal was made to celebrate Admiral Lord Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August, 1798. Conrad Heinrich Küchler (active 1763 - after 1821) was born in Flanders, and was first recorded as a die-sinker in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1763.
He worked elsewhere in Germany, and then in France, and probably arrived in England in about 1790, where he was employed at Matthew Boulton's Soho mint in Birmingham until perhaps 1806. While in Birmingham, he seems also to have cut dies for many coins, including Portuguese, Danish and Russian ones. This medal was awarded to Samuel Bolton who served as a warrant officer on the ship Swiftsure.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 0.5 cm; Width 5.5 cm; Depth 9 cm including case and ribbon
- Materials and techniques
- Gilt bronze
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Birmingham
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O77437
- Museum object number
- 1669-1877
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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