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Auction: 1025 - The Turl Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793 - 1840
Lot: 47

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, 2 May Boat Service 1813 (James Haley.), toned, light scratches, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 3,000-3,500 James Haley served as Ordinary Seaman in the boats of H.M.S. Repulse, when on 2.5.1813 the marines from the Repulse, Volontaire 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. Approximately 48 clasps issued for this action. Provenance: Whalley Collection 1877 Jubilee Collection May 1992 Spink September 2001

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