This antique walking stick features a silver pommel end engraved with the following:
'England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty
Part of Nelson's Ship the Victory. Launched from Chatham May 7-1765.
Under Repair at Portsmouth June 1888.' 
'HMS Victory, launched at Chatham in 1765, was a 100-gun ship of the line with a length of 186 feet (57 m), a displacement of 2,162 tons, and a crew of more than 800 men. As a flagship of Britain's Channel and Mediterranean fleets the ship saw extensive action against France and its allies. At the Battle of Trafalgar the Victory's flags gave Nelson’s famous signal “England expects that every man will do his duty.”
The Victory itself engaged two French ships of the line; from the topmast of one, a sniper fired the shot that mortally wounded Nelson, who died in the ship’s cockpit in the midst of battle. After carrying Nelson’s body home, the Victory continued to aid in Britain’s continental blockade during the Napoleonic Wars. By the 1830s the ship had been dismasted and moored at Portsmouth, Eng., as a stationary flagship of the naval command. There it remained until 1922, when it was placed in dry dock and restored to its condition under Nelson. The ship and an attached museum have attracted tourists since 1928.'

The top of the pommel is engraved with the initials of the original owner:
'TL'

There is a silver collar suitable for engraving.

Oak wood shaft with a metal ferrule. 

A historical item, perfect for use or a collector. 

Measurements:
Length - 89.5cm 
Diameter of pommel - 3.3cm 
Diameter of the shaft under the collar - 2.3cm 
Weight - 238g
 
Very good condition. 
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