Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Camperdown (James Cuerdale.) small metal flaw on left face of clasp in addition to the usual small flaws found below the letter ‘A’ of Camperdown, otherwise very fine £2,400-£3,000

Provenance: Debenhams, June 1900; Baldwin’s 1929; Turl Collection, July 2010.

James Cuerdale is confirmed on the rolls as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Montagu at the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797, which resulted in the defeat of the Dutch fleet by the British Naval squadrons under Admiral Duncan, including the capture of nine ships of the line and two frigates off the Dutch coast. Two large and fourteen small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for Camperdown.