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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 274

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Navarino, Syria (Geo. Matthews.), minor edge bruise, good very fine Estimate £ 800-900 George Matthews served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Asia at the battle of Navarino, 20.10.1827; and as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Edinbugh for service on and off the coast of Syria 1840; one other man with this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants List, for a single clasp award for Syria.

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