A Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793-1840

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (William Reid.) light edge bruising and several scuff marks, therefore nearly very fine £1,800-£2,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793-1840.

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Provenance: Glendining’s, December 1929; Lees Collection, Sotheby, March 1986.

William Reid is confirmed on the roll as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Defiance at Copengagen. Another man of this name appears on the roll for Syria as a Gunner in the Royal Artillery.