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6 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£1,100

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Algiers, Navarino (William Wheeler.) edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine £800-1000

William Wheeler is confirmed on the rolls as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Superb at Algiers, and as Captain of the Fore Top aboard H.M.S. Talbot at Navarino. Three other men of this name are shown for Java, Algiers and Syria.