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21 June 2023

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№ 337

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21 June 2023

Hammer Price:
£4,400

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Northumberland 22 May 1812 (George Cross.) slight crease to clasp face and minor edge bruises, otherwise very fine £3,400-£4,000

Stansfeld Collection, Spink, June 1984.

Approximately 63 clasps awarded for the destruction by the Northumberland of the French frigates Ariane and Andromaque and the brig Mameluk, off the Isle de Groix, Lorient, on 22 May 1812.

George Cross is confirmed on the roll as a Quarter Gunner aboard H.M.S. Northumberland.