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№ 32

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24 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£4,700

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814, 14 Dec Boat Service 1814 (Thos. Cox.) very fine £1500-2000

Thomas Cox served as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Seahorse at both actions. Two other men of this name are shown on the rolls for St Sebastian and Syria. A medal with the Potomac clasp only was sold at Glendining’s in September 1910.