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Auction: 5019 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 411

Three: Admiral A.S. Booth, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (A.S. Booth, Lieut. R.N.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, with original riband and top silver suspension bar; St Jean d´Acre Medal, silver, pierced as issued with contemporary silver swivel bar suspension, good very fine or better (3) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400Admiral Augustus Sinclair Booth, Royal Navy, commissioned Lieutenant 12.4.1836, served in H.M.S. Thunderer during operations on and off the coast of Syria 1840; promoted Commander 15.5.1848; commended in the Baltic as "a very excellent officer"; Captain 22.11.1856, retired from the Service 22.8.1867; Rear Admiral 1.1.1875; Vice Admiral 15.6.1879; Admiral 31.5.1885; died 24.12.1906

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£1,200