What orders and medals were awarded to Nelson?
• Knight of the Most Honourable Order of Bath 1798 • Knight of the Ottoman Order of the Crescent 1798 • Knight of the Sicilian Order of St Ferdinand and Merit 1798 • Knight of the Order of St Joachim 1802 • Large (Flag Officer’s) gold medal for St Vincent 1797 • Large (Flag Officer’s) gold medal for the Nile 1798 • Large (Flag Officer’s) gold medal for Trafalgar (to his family) 1805 The originals were stolen from the Painted Hall, Greenwich on 9 December 1900 and were never recovered. The embroidered copies of the Orders which were sewn to Nelson’s uniforms are in the Museum’s collection together with the Sash and Cross of the Order of St Ferdinand.
