Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Croxton.) good very fine £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Naval General Service Medals 1793-1840.

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John Croxton is confirmed as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Valiant at Basque Roads; he is also entitled to 4 November 1805 as a Boy aboard H.M.S. Namur.

A 2-clasp medal was sold by Sotheby in July 1980, when described as having ‘probably been swivel brooch-mounted as suspender re-fixed and rim plugged between R and O of surname, otherwise almost very fine.’ This is clearly not the same medal and suggests that Croxton probably received two medals.