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Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 352

Admiral Keppel, Tried by Court Martial 1779, bronze medal by T. Lyng, 33mm., obverse, uniformed bust right, signed L on truncation, reverse, a figure, standing before a judge, tramples on a serpent, in exergue VIRTUS PRAEVALET (courage prevails), signed TL below (BHM.220; MH.442; S.GG5), struck from slightly rusty dies, good very fine, very rare Estimate £ 40-60After the inconclusive Battle of Ushant, 27 July 1778, charges of misconduct were brought against Admiral Keppel and he was tried by Court Martial. The charges were found to be ´malicious and ill-founded´, and this medal celebrates his honourable acquittal.

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