Lot Archive

Lot

№ 349

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£680

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Anholt 27 March 1811 (Thos. Brown) edge bruises, otherwise very fine £600-800

Ex Whitaker Collection 1890.

Thomas Brown is confirmed on the roll as a Private Royal Marines for the defence of the island of Anholt, in the Baltic, for which 40 clasps were issued. Several other men with these names are shown on the Admiralty roll, including six for Syria.