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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 71

Alexander Davison's Medal for the Nile 1798, bronze-gilt, the reverse engraved, 'Thomas Cooper', pierced with ring suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine

A unique name to a rating.

Thomas Cooper was born in London and enlisted in the Royal Navy at Dover in August 1794, serving aboard Royal William and London before joining the 74-gun Zealous in 1797. He would serve aboard her, under the command of Captain S. Hood at the Battle of the Nile. Zealous had been in a race with Goliath to be the first to fire upon the French, successfully navigating into Aboukir Harbour to attack Guerrier. Despite being in the thick of the action, and being struck by French shot, she emerged remarkably unscathed - suffering just one man killed and 7 wounded. Cooper did not claim his Naval General Service Medal; sold with copied muster rolls and research.

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Sold for
£400