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23 July 2024
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Midshipman James R. Crawford, Royal Navy, for his part in one of the most celebrated and sanguinary Gold Medal actions of the war - the capture of the French 74-gun Rivoli by the 74-gun Victorious under Captain John Talbot, R.N. Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Victorious with Rivoli (J. R. Crawford, Midshipman.) small edge nick, otherwise good very fine £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 2 May Boat Service 1813 (Chas. Fisher.) nearly very fine £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
The Naval General Service medal awarded to William Downham, an Ordinary Seaman in the Shannon at the capture of the American frigate Chesapeake off Boston Harbour in June 1813 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Shannon Wh. Chesapeake (William Downham.) extremely fine £10,000-£14,000
Hammer Price: £19,000
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Michael Dwyer, Royal Navy, a Lieutenant in the Révolutionnaire at the siege of St. Sebastian in 1813; a year earlier he had led a party of only seven men landed from H.M.S. Minstrel to successfully storm and spike a battery of 9-pounders garrisoned by 80 Genoese on the coast of Spain, only to be overwhelmed by a detachment of 200 French troops, in the course of which Dwyer was ‘stabbed by a bayonet in seventeen different places of his...
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Eurotas 25 Feby. 1814 (John King.) a few hairlines, otherwise extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
Hammer Price: £4,600
The Naval General Service medal awarded to Joseph Williamson, a Private Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Hebrus at the capture of the French frigate L’Etoile in March 1814 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Hebrus with L’Etoile (Joseph Williamson.) edge bruising and contact marks overall, otherwise nearly very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
The Naval General Service medal awarded to William Pratt, a Landsman aboard the Endymion at the capture of the American frigate President in January 1815, off Sandy Hook, New Jersey Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Endymion Wh President (William Pratt.) edge bruise, otherwise toned, good very fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £13,000
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander William Payne, Royal Navy, who was Midshipman aboard the Phaeton at the Glorious First of June, and Master’s Mate aboard the Queen Charlotte at Lord Bridport’s action on 23rd June 1795. Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23rd June 1795 (W. Payne, Master’s Mate.) extremely fine £10,000-£14,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Samuel Spencer, Royal Navy, Master’s Mate aboard the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar, one of just 18 officers from the Victory who lived to claim the medal Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Egypt, Trafalgar (S. Spencer, Master’s Mate.) good very fine £20,000-£24,000
Hammer Price: £16,000
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to David Clow, Purser’s Steward aboard the Veteran at Copenhagen and aboard the Colossus at the battle of Trafalgar Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar (David Clow.) toned, very fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Alfred Luckraft, Royal Navy, a Midshipman aboard the Mars at the battle of Trafalgar where he was wounded in the leg; he subsequently distinguished himself in 1828 as First Lieutenant of the Blonde under Captain Edmund Lyons in the operations, jointly with the French, against Morea Castle, the last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus, being decorated with the Legion of Honour and the Redeemer of Greece Naval General...
Hammer Price: £9,500
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Robert Pert, an Able Seaman aboard the Agamemnon at the battle of Trafalgar, and in the same ship at St. Domingo Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Trafalgar, St. Domingo (Robert Pert.) some lacquer residue to the reverse, otherwise good very fine £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Edmund Scott, Royal Navy, Midshipman in the Hero at Strachan’s action on 4 November 1805, and as Master’s Mate of the Bellerophon in the Baltic, he commanded a boat in action with a Russian flotilla of 8 gunboats and 12 merchantmen off Percola Point, on the coast of Finland, on 7 July 1809, when ‘his active, cool, determined and brave conduct obtained for him the admiration of his Captain.’ He was actively engaged in North...
Hammer Price: £8,500
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant John Salter, Royal Navy, Midshipman in Sir John Duckworth’s flagship Superb at St Domingo, and Master’s Mate of the Northumberland at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigates L’Arienne and L’Andromache and 16-gun brig Mamelouck at the entrance of L’Orient in May 1812 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, St Domingo, Northumberland 22 May 1812 (John Salter, Midshipman.) edge bruise, otherwise toned, good very...
Hammer Price: £4,200
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Terence House, a Landsman aboard the London at the capture, in company with the Amazon, of the French 74-gun ship-of-the-line Marengo and 40-gun frigate Belle-Poule in March 1806; and in the boats of the Royal Oak in December 1814 at the capture and destruction of the American flotilla on Lake Borgne Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, London 13 March 1806, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (Terence House.) the clasp facings a little...
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to John Gillman, Carpenter’s Crew aboard the frigate Emerald at the destruction of the French schooner L’Apropos in March 1808, and in the same vessel at Basque Roads in April 1809 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Emerald 13 March 1808, Basque Roads 1809 (John Gillman.) extremely fine £12,000-£16,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Joseph Beddows, a Private Royal Marines aboard the Stately at the destruction, in company with H.M.S. Nassau, at the destruction of the Danish 74-gun Prinds Christian Frederick in March 1808, and in the boats of the Princess Caroline on 25 July 1809, in a most desperate and sanguinary conflict with four Russian gun-boats and an armed brig in the gulf of Finland Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Stately 22 March 1808, 25 July Boat...
Hammer Price: £6,500
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Rear-Admiral Alexander Montgomerie, Royal Navy, Lieutenant in the Sceptre at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine at Anse la Barque, and afterward in the operations leading to the reduction of the Island of Guadaloupe Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Anse la Barque 18 Decr 1809, Guadaloupe (Alexr. Montgomerie, Lieut. R.N.) toned, good very fine £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
The 2-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant William G. Thomas, Royal Navy, Master’s Mate of the Scipion at the reduction of Batavia on the north coast of Java in 1811, and as Lieutenant in the Aetna in Sir James Gordon’s brilliant expeditions in the Potomac, including the taking of Alexandria in August 1814 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Java, The Potomac 17 Aug. 1814 (W. G. Thomas, Lieut. R.N.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £8,000-£10,000
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Nathaniel Taylor, an Able Seaman in the Valiant at the ‘Glorious First of June’ 1794 and at the 23rd of June 1795; and a Gunner’s Mate in the Amazon at Copenhagen in 1801, when with Nelson aboard she carried out several valuable reconnaissance missions, and in the battle itself when she carried out a role out of all proportion to her size Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23 June 1795, Copenhagen 1801 (Nathl....
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Henry T. Davies, Royal Navy, senior Lieutenant of the Blanche at the capture of the French frigate Guerrière in July 1806, which he afterwards single-handedly prevented from being re-taken, and was in consequence promoted to Commander Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 1 June 1794, Egypt, Blanche 19 July 1806 (H. T. Davies, Lieut.) extremely fine £14,000-£18,000
Hammer Price: £24,000
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Robert P. Jones, Royal Navy, Able Seaman aboard the Agincourt at Camperdown, and served as Midshipman in Harpy in the action with the French frigate Pallas on 5 February 1800, and in the same ship at Copenhagen Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Camperdown, Harpy 5 Feby 1800, Copenhagen 1801 (R. P. Jones Midshipman.) nearly extremely fine £18,000-£22,000
Hammer Price: £15,000
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander John Taylor, Royal Navy, Midshipman of the Gibraltar at Egypt, and Master’s Mate and Lieutenant of the Donegal at St Domingo and Basque Roads Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Egypt, St. Domingo, Basque Roads 1809 (John Taylor, Master’s Mate.) fitted with contemporary silver top suspension brooch and contained in a fine contemporary fitted case, lightly polished, otherwise toned, nearly extremely fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander Thomas Francillon, Royal Navy, Midshipman of the Pompee at the capture of Martinique, he afterwards saw much detached service in North America, including boat service actions when Midshipman of the Marlborough up the Elk River, Chesapeake Bay in April 1813, and as Lieutenant in the boats of Ramilles on Lake Borgne in December 1814; he was wounded in May 1814 whilst attacking an American battery at Pungoteake, on the eastern shore...
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Edward Grant, Royal Navy, who as Acting Lieutenant of the Cyane 22-gun frigate was present in January 1814 at the capture of the French 40-gun frigates Iphigénie and Alcmène off Madeira Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Basque Roads, St Sebastian, Cyane 16 Jany. 1814 (Edward Grant, Lieut. R.N.) some light rubbing to rim suggesting that it may once have been in a mount, otherwise nearly very fine £14,000-£18,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Thomas Millery, a sailmaker aboard the 30-gun frigate Phoebe in her various actions off Tamatave in May 1811, at the capture of Java in September 1811, and finally at the capture of the United States frigate Essex, off Valparaiso, Chile, in March 1814 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, Off Tamatave 20 May 1811, Java, Phœbe 28 March 1814 (Thos. Millery) toned, very fine £16,000-£20,000
Hammer Price: £28,000
The 3-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Commander James B. Tattnall, Royal Navy, who served as a Midshipman under Lord Cochrane in the Pallas and Imperieuse until December 1806 when he was shipwrecked whilst in charge of a prize, taken prisoner and confined at Verdun and later Givet; it was not until December 1809 that, having failed in two attempts, he at length succeeded in escaping by disguising himself as a woman. He served as Acting Lieutenant of the Racehorse in the actions...
The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Joseph Lenard, Ordinary Seaman aboard the Culloden at the ‘Glorious First of June’ 1794, St Vincent and the Nile, and as Yeoman of the Sheets in the Naiad at the battle of Trafalgar; he was one of only two men to receive a medal for all three of Nelson’s Gold Medal actions Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Nile, Trafalgar (Joseph Lenard.) suspension claw re-affixed, otherwise good very fine ...
Hammer Price: £11,000
A fine contemporary miniature N.G.S. attributed to Captain Sir Thomas Mansell, K.C.H., Royal Navy A very fine contemporary miniature Naval General Service 1793-1840, fitted with wide suspension and an unusual arrangement of 4 engagement clasps for ‘Crescent 20th Octr. 1793’, ‘23rd June 1795’, ‘St. Vincent’, ‘Nile’, unnamed but attributable by way of the unique combination of clasps, a couple of bruises, otherwise very fine and rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Barrington Reynolds, G.C.B., Royal Navy, who entered the Navy at the age of 9 in the Druid with his father Captain R. C. Reynolds, who he followed into the Amazon and witnessed the action, in company with Sir Edward Pellew in the Indefatigable, with the French 74 Droits de L’Homme in January 1797, being briefly taken prisoner; he served in the boats of the squadron at the cutting out of the Guepe in August 1800 being promoted to...
Hammer Price: £32,000
The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to James Maynard, Gunner in the Star (renamed Meteor in 1812) at all four actions Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (James Maynard, Gunner.) very fine £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
The exceptional 5-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral The Right Honourable Lord William FitzRoy, K.C.B., Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 5 clasps, 1 June 1794, 23 June 1795, Egypt, 4 Nov 1805, Martinique (Lord William Fitzroy, Capt.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £16,000-£20,000
The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted badge of a companion, inscribed ‘Timothy Scriven Esquire, Commander in the Royal Navy, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Nominated 4th June 1815’, 190mm x 115mm, with original outer paper wrapper inscribed ‘Capt Timy Scriven CB’, extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,200
Pair: Lieutenant John Seaton, Royal Navy, later Inspector of Convicts, Norfolk Island, Australia King John VI of Portugal’s Gold Jewel, H.M.S. Lively, 3rd Class breast badge, 44mm x 30mm, gold, the obverse central medallion with high relief portrait bust of the King, enclosed by 18 rose-cut diamonds, set upon crossed fouled anchors and suspended from a Portuguese crown; the reverse centre inscribed ‘Lt. John Seaton 3’ surrounded by struck gold band ‘LIVELY’ above a wreath of...
The unique Army of India medal awarded to Naval Schoolmaster H. J. Strutt, unique to this rank Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Ava (H. J. Strutt, Schoolmaster.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, sometime lacquered, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare £1,800-£2,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
An unusual family pair awarded to John and Joseph Marshall, Chaplains in the Royal Navy aboard H.M. Ships Pique and Castor respectively at Syria in 1840 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (John Marshall, Chaplain.); Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Joseph Marshall, Chaplain.) the second fitted with silver ribbon buckle, some edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2) £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
A Civil C.B. and Naval campaign group of four awarded to Captain H. A. Moriarty, R.N., who was decorated for his part in the laying of the Trans-Atlantic cables; he was later Master Attendant and Queen’s Harbour-Master at Portsmouth The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s 18 carat gold breast badge, hallmarked London 1859, fitted with gilt ribbon buckle; Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Henry A. Moriarty, 2nd Master); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as...
Six: Captain William Thorp, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches and promoted to Commander for services at Sebastopol Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (William Thorp, Lieut. R.N.); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1846 (Lieut. Wm. Thorp, H.M.S. Calliope) officially impressed naming; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; St Jean D’Acre 1840, silver, pierced with ring and fitted with additional bar suspension;...
Hammer Price: £5,000
Six: Colonel David Blyth, Royal Marine Light Infantry Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (David Blyth, Lieut. R.M.; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (D. Blyth, Capt. R.M. Lt. Div.) impressed naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; France, Second Empire, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gold and enamels; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, fitted with rings and straight bar...
Hammer Price: £3,200
Five: Commander J. O. Freeland, Royal Navy, who was wounded in action in Syria in 1840 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (John O. Freeland, Lieut. R.N.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued; St Jean D’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed, pierced with ring and fitted with additional bar suspension; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, pierced with ring and fitted with additional bar suspension, mounted for display, very fine...
Hammer Price: £2,000
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