Lot Archive

Lot

№ 4

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18 June 1997

Hammer Price:
£920

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Joseph Priest) contact marks, otherwise very fine

Approximately 110 clasps issued for the capture and destruction of four armed vessels and seven of a convoy at Rosas, north east coast of Spain. Joseph Priest served as a Private Royal Marines aboard the Apollo.