Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (Geo. Phillips.) minor edge nicks, about extremely fine £1,200-£1,600

George Phillips served as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. L’Aigle during Lord Cochrane’s successful destruction of a number of French ships, including four ships of the line, in the Basque Roads, off St. Nazaire, on 11-12 April 1809; two other men with this name appear on the Admiralty Claimants’ List, as single clasp awards for Algiers and Syria respectively.