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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 272

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Nymphe 18 June 1793 (John Smart), struck on a slightly thinner flan, suspension claw re-affixed, unofficially impressed naming, good very fine Estimate £ 600-800 John Smart served as Captain´s Servant in H.M.S. Nymphe (Captain Edward Pellew, later Lord Exmouth) during the capture of the French frigate La Cléopatre off Start Point, Devon, 19.6.1793. This was only the second Naval General Service Medal action of the series. One other man of this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants List with his entitlement given as Syria. Approximately 4 clasps issued for this action. Provenance: Spink, September 2001

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