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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 279

(x) Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 1 June 1794 (James Mc.Donald.), edge bruising, good very fine

James McDonald served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Royal Sovereign during the major fleet action that became known as ´The Glorious First of June´. A total of seven Large Naval Gold Medals and 15 Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action.

One other man with this name appears on the Admiralty Claimant´s List, a single clasp award to a Private, Royal Marines, for Syria.

Provenance: Glendining, December 1908.

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