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Auction: 1025 - The Turl Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793 - 1840
Lot: 25

A Good ´St. Domingo 1806´ Award to Midshipman W. Hayes, Royal Navy, For the Destruction of Two and the Capture of Three French ships of the line; the Frenchmen Formed Line of Battle, Admiral Duckworth Attacked with a Portrait of Admiral Nelson Fixed from His Flagship´s Mizzen-Stay, with the Band Playing ´God Save the King´ and ´Nelson of the Nile´ - the Battle Commenced Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, St. Domingo (Edwd. W. Hayes, Midshipman.), toned, extremely fine Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Edward Hayes served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Magicienne for the capture of three and the destruction of two French ships of the line by Vice-Admiral Sir John Duckworth´s squadron off St. Domingo, Dominica, 6.2.1806. Two Large Naval Gold Medals and seven Small Naval Gold Medals were awarded for this action.

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