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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 219

Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Trafalgar (James Williams.), area of erasure at 9 o'clock well before naming starts, lacquered, good very fine

Two men of this name served at the major fleet action off Cape Trafalgar between the British fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and the Franco-Spanish fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral P.C. de Villeneuve, 21.10.1805, and were entitled to a single clasp Trafalgar medal: one as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Leviathan and the other as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Neptune; six other men with this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants List, including three single clasp awards for Syria.

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000