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№ 600

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18 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£7,500

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Centaur 26 Augt 1808 (James Goslin.) letter ‘A’ double-struck, nearly extremely fine £4000-4600

Provenance: Mackenzie Collection 1873; Cheylesmore Collection, July 1930; Spink, March 1995 and July 2010.

Approximately 41 clasps issued for this action.

James Goslin is confirmed on the rolls as a Landsman aboard H.M.S.
Centaur at the pursuit of the Russian fleet of 24 ships and the capture of the Sevolod by H.M. Ships Centaur and Implacable off Hango Head, south coast of Finland.