Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Alexander Davison’s Medal for The Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, reverse inscribed, ‘John Garrett, H.M.S. Defence’, with eyelet and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late David Dixon.

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John Garrett is listed in the published Naval General Service Medal rolls as having been awarded the N.G.S. with clasps for 1 June 1794 and Nile, serving as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Defence in the first action and as an Able Seaman aboard the same ship in the second.