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Miscellaneous 592


Nelson Testimonial Medal 1844, by E. Avern, 60mm, pewter, the obverse featuring a bust of Nelson facing left, enclosed by a garter, ‘England Expects Every Man Will do His Duty’; the reverse featuring a view of the Column in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the background, ‘To Commemorate the Opening of the Nelson Testimonial in Trafalgar Squ.’, the exergue dated ‘21 October 1844’, pierced for ring suspension as usual (Ref: Hardy 97, M.H. 531) numerous shallow edge cuts on obverse, otherwise very fine or better, the high relief portrait particularly clear, a pleasing example overall and extremely rare


£400-£500


These Testimonial Medals were presented to 357 Greenwich Pensioners who had served at all four of Nelson’s major actions - St. Vincent (39), Nile (35), Copenhagen (45), and Trafalgar (238) - along with a gratuity of ten shillings in a ceremony at Greenwich Hospital on 2 April 1845. The cost of the medals was provided by the Testimonial Committee of the Parishioners of St. Martin’s-in-the- Fields who had originally intended to use the funds for a special ceremony on the completion of the Column (at the time known as ‘Nelson’s Testimonial’ on 1-2 November 1843, at which a number of the pensioners were to be present. This had to be cancelled due to inclement weather and then a second public ceremony, to be held on the Queen’s birthday, 24 May 1844, was also cancelled due to the entreaties of local tradesmen.


Captain Douglas-Morris knew of only one Testimonial Medal paired with a Naval General Service, and of fewer than ten single examples. For further information, see his Naval Medals 1793-1856, pp. 49-53, from where it is clear that very few of these medals - despite the number apparently presented - seem to have survived.


593


Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (198187 T. Marks, A.B. H.M.S. Magnificent. 1906 3Pr. Q.F.) contact marks, nearly very fine


£280-£320


Thomas Marks was born in Glamorgan on 20 November 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 11 February 1898. Advanced Able Seaman on 17 May 1900, he served in H.M.S. Perseus from 4 February 1903 to 29 April 1904 (entitled to Africa General Service Medal with clasp Somaliland 1902-04), and in H.M.S. Magnificent from 16 July 1904 to 5 November 1906, in which ship he won the Naval Good Shooting Medal. Advanced Leading Seaman on 22 July 1907, he served in H.M.S. Sutlej from 7 May 1908 to 8 March 1909, and took part in the relief operations following the Messina Earthquake of December 1908. He was invalided out of the service on 8 June 1911.


Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts. 594


5th Foot Order of Merit (10), 1767 type (2), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March the 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R172; 1805 type (3), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, ‘Revived Aprl. 23 1805’ in exergue, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R174; post -1805 type (5), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R177, all unnamed, the medals struck variously in silver, bronze-gilt, bronze, and brass, and mounted from a variety of suspensions, generally fair to fine (10) £180-£220


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