FRAGMENT OF FABRIC PROBABLY FROM THE FLAG OF HMS VICTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY collected in a paper envelope inscribed by hand 'Victory ; piece of pennant believed to be from the flag used to rest on Nelson's head after he suffered the fatal wound'. Heavy wear, tears and tears also in the envelope Fabric, 5.5X17 cm FRAGMENT OF FABRIC PROBABLY FROM THE FLAG OF HMS VICTORY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY; STRONG DAMAGES Provenance: Bonhams London, Nelson and the Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 July 2005, lot 173 Henry Aldridge & Son (UK), The David Gainsborough Roberts Collection ; Nelson, 18 August 2018, lot 206 During the famous Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), British Admiral Horatio Nelson on his HMS Victory defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet with his fleet, but was mortally wounded. This strip of cloth, as the inscription on the envelope containing it reads, recalls how it was perhaps part of the flag used as a pillow on which Nelson, dying, rested his head.