Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Jeffries.) toned, good very fine £500-£700

The published transcription of the medal roll, and the Admiralty Claimants List, gives ‘James Jeffries’ as serving as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Albion during the battle of Navarino. They both also give ‘James Jefferies’ as serving as a Supernumerary Landsman aboard H.M.S. Hebrus for Algiers. Therefore this is clearly human error at the point of naming - with the recipient being the latter, and the medal otherwise being entirely as issued.