Auction: 1025 - The Turl Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793 - 1840
Lot: 35
Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Woolridge.), edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 John Woolridge served as Private, Royal Marines in H.M.S. L ´Aigle during Lord Cochrane´s successful destruction of a number of French ships, including four ships of the line, in the Basque Roads, off St. Nazaire, 11-12.4.1809.
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£1,800