Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Anse La Barque 18 Decr 1809, Guadaloupe (James Bell.) very fine £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Fox Collection of Naval Awards.

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McKenzie Collection 1873; Cheylesmore Collection 1930; Dix Noonan Webb, December 1995.

James Bell is confirmed as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Sceptre for both actions. Two other men of this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, one for a single clasp award for Egypt, and the other for a single clasp award for Syria.