Auction Catalogue

13 December 2007

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 107

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£2,800

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (Thos. Vernon) mild edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1800-2200

Sold at Glendining’s in September 1923. Approximately 88 clasps issued for the attack and reduction of the Italian town of Gaieta.

Thomas Vernon served as a Quarter Gunner aboard the Berwick at this action. Another man of this name claimed a medal for Trafalgar as a Sergeant of Marines aboard the Dreadnought.