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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 121

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Guadaloupe (Alexr. Willding [sic], Midshipman.), heavy contact marks, good fine

Alexander Wilding served as Midshipman in H.M.S. Aurora for the combined naval and military operations commanded by Vice Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Cochrane and Lieutenant-General Sir George Beckwith which culminated in the capture of the French-held island of Guadaloupe, January-February 1810.

Provenance:
Glendining, September 1923
Spink, May 1971

Sold for
£750