Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (Henry Gilbertson.) edge bruising and polished, therefore nearly very fine £800-1000

Provenance: Debenham’s, June 1899; Sotheby’s, April 1993.

Henry Gilbertson is confirmed on the rolls as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Minden at Algiers. He was born in Hull, circa 1794, and joined Minden on 11 July 1816. The ship’s muster roll shows that he deserted from H.M.S. Prometheus two days after the battle of Algiers. Sold with copied muster roll entry.