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Auction: 17001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 1

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Matthews), light contact marks, edge knock, obverse a little polished, about very fine

John Murray is confirmed on the published rolls as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Unicorn in the action at Basque Roads, off St. Nazaire on 11-12 April 1809; a total of 20 clasps for the action to Unicorn.

Five other men by the name of ‘John Matthews’ appear on the rolls, one of them receiving the Medal with 'Syria' clasp; as stated, the example offered here has been inherited via primogeniture.

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Sold for
£1,600