Nelson Decorations — Trafalgar Coat

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A first-rate in the Victory class. Not a coat plate and not a likeness.

Overview

The wearing is already on Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview. He wore his decorations into battle. The ornate stars on his coat at the Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview may have made him a visible target for the French sniper who killed him.¹

The Wearing

This note covers that Trafalgar wearing only. A star appearance, a coat inventory, and a museum holding stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797 already used the 1797 honour and the choice of the KB over a baronetcy for the visible star. That honour stays there. Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Death of Nelson already covers the cockpit hours. Do not treat this page as a portrait.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Uniforms_Equipment
• Naval_Dress_Index

Same Subject

• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview
• Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Death of Nelson
• Yellow Punishment Coat — Greenwich Hospital

Cross-Domain

• HMS Victory — Overview
• Redoutable — French 74-gun Ship
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Wore his decorations into battle; ornate stars on his coat at Trafalgar may have made him a visible target: Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview. ↩

2. 1797 KB and the visible-star choice stay on Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797. Do not invent a star appearance, a coat inventory, or a museum holding. Do not treat the generated image as a likeness. ↩