Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (Thos. Price.) minor edge bruise and edge nicks, nearly extremely fine
£1,600-£2,000 Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1905.
Thomas Price served as a Private, Royal Marines, in H.M.S. Beagle 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, on 11-12 April 1809.
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Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Navarino (John Sheppeard.) minor edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £600-£700
John Shepherd (note spelling) is listed on the roll as serving as a Private in the Royal Marines with H.M.S. Asia for Navarino.
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