Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 6 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Camperdown, Nile, Egypt, Java, an unnamed Royal Mint specimen, circa 1880-1900, the edge stamped ‘specimen’ in small capital letters, good very fine £1,000-£1,400

An official Royal Mint specimen produced in the late 19th Century for museum or institutional display purposes. The individually riveted clasps were also produced by the Royal Mint and are at some variance to the original issues which had been produced under contract by Hunt & Roskell but which were no longer available.