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Gold pendant Long Caption: Gold alloy pendant, shaped like a foul anchor complete with chain. The pendant is inscribed with the words 'Admiral Nelson and the British Tars Relieve the World at the Mouth of the Nile 1st August 1798'. The pendant was made to commemorate the Battle of the Nile, and it has been suggested that this type of pendant was originally worn on a coat, in the centre of a patriotic 'favour', but 'The Morning Post and Gazeteer' 8 November 1798 says 'The Ladies in compliment to our naval victories, sport the golden anchor, which suspended by a chain, rests on the bosom'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: JEW0145 Artist: unknown Date: 1798 Medium: gold alloy Size: 660 mm x 35 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.