Lot Archive

Lot

№ 123

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8 December 1994

Hammer Price:
£220

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (Benjn. Harvey) two edge bruises and contact marks, therefore nearly very fine

Benjamin Harvey was born at Oldsbury, Shropshire, in 1794 and enlisted into the Royal Marines in January 1813. He was present at the action of Navarino as a Private aboard H.M.S. Albion.