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Auction: 1008 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 154

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 2 May Boat Service 1813 (Chas. Archer.), suspension claw re-affixed, traces of brooch mounting in obverse field, very fine Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 Charles Archer served as Landsman in the boats of H.M.S. Volontaire for the Boat Service action of 1.11.1809 (entitled to clasp), and as Ordinary Seaman in the boats of the same ship, when on 2.5.1813 the marines from the Volontaire, Repulse and Undaunted under Captain M. Ennis, R.M., were landed and destroyed some newly erected works in the vicinity of Morgiou, near Toulon. The boats from the same ships, under the orders of Lieutenant I. Shaw of the Volontaire, covered by launches and by H.M.S Redwing brought out six laden merchant vessels. Both clasps are confirmed on the Admiralty Claimants List by the same reference number ´Y/115´. Approximately 48 ´2 May Boat Service 1813´ clasps issued for this action. Provenance: Glendining November 1927

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