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Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 493

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Blanche 19 July 1806 (David Evans.), light scratches, good very fine

David Evans served as Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Blanche for the capture of the French 40 gun frigate Guerriere off the Faroe Islands, 19.7.1806; one other man of this name appears on the Admiralty Claimants' List for a single clasp award for Algiers.

Approximately 22 clasps claimed for this action.

Provenance: Whitaker Collection 1890
J.B. Hayward, June 1975
Lee E. Bishop Collection, Spink, July 2009

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