Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 14 March 1795, Trafalgar, Algiers (William Spencer.) fitted with engraved silver ribbon buckle, light contact marks and minor edge bruise, otherwise toned, very fine £3,000-£4,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic-Era Campaign Medals.

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Glendining’s, March 1918; Spink, March 1995.

William Spencer is confirmed as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Inconstant at Hotham’s action on 14 March 1795; as Quarter Gunner aboard H.M.S. Tonnant at Trafalgar; and as Gunner’s Mate aboard H.M.S. Glasgow at Algiers. A unique combination of clasps. Two other men of this name are shown on the rolls, one for Copenhagen 1801, the other for Syria.