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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 140

Naval General Service 1793-1840, two clasps, Lowestoffe 24 June 1795, Egypt (Gilbert White.), nearly extremely fine and unique

Gilbert White served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Lowestoffe (32-guns) when, together with H.M.S. Dido (28-guns), she engaged the French frigates Minerve (40-guns) and Artemise (36-guns) off Toulon, 24.6.1795; early in the action the Minerve savaged the Dido; however, the Lowestoffe came to the aid of the smaller British vessel just in time and after a heated exchange forced the French frigate to surrender; White served as Able Seaman in H.M.S. Foudroyant for services in co-operation with the Army on and off the coast of Egypt, 1801.

6 ´Lowestoffe 24 June 1795´ clasps issued, and unique in this combination

Provenance:
Lord Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930
Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1974

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£18,500