Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas (Part I)

The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Joseph Lenard, Ordinary Seaman aboard the Culloden at the ‘Glorious First of June’ 1794, St Vincent and the Nile, and as Yeoman of the Sheets in the Naiad at the battle of Trafalgar; he was one of only two men to receive a medal for all three of Nelson’s Gold Medal actions
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, 1 June 1794, St. Vincent, Nile, Trafalgar (Joseph Lenard.) suspension claw re-affixed, otherwise good very fine £12,000-£16,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Naval Medals from the Collection of the Late Jason Pilalas.

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Whalley Collection 1877; Sang Collection 1931; David Spink Collection 1985; Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001.

Only two N.G.S. medals were issued with clasps for all three of Nelson’s Gold Medal actions. The other is held by the Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth.

Joseph Lenard is confirmed on the rolls as an Ordinary Seaman aboard the Culloden at the first three actions, and as Yeoman of Sheets aboard the frigate Naiad at Trafalgar. This frigate repeated Nelson’s famous signal to the fleet and after the battle was almost swamped after taking the Bellisle in tow.