Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain’s Coxswain George Stevens, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Navarino, Syria (Geo. Stevens.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension, dated ‘1848’ below bust (George Stevens. Cap: Cox: H.M.S. Victory. 24 Ys.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) (2) £3,000-£4,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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Only 100 medals with the 1848 obverse were issued, of which about 20 are known to have survived.

George Stevens is confirmed on the rolls as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Albion at Navarino, and as Captain’s Coxswain aboard H.M.S. Wasp at Syria.