Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 27th November 2024
Lot 1
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 to Able Seaman Alexander Farquhar, H.M.S. Bedford, clasp:
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2772
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Description
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 to Able Seaman Alexander Farquhar, H.M.S. Bedford, clasp: Camperdown (ALEXR FARQUHAR.), nearly extremely fine, toned.
(36mm diameter)
H.M.S. Bedford, 74 guns, was part of the British fleet's Windward Division at the Battle of Camperdown on the 11th October 1797. She was heavily engaged with 71 killed and wounded and her hull and rigging badly damaged. 28 clasps to the ship.