Orders, Decorations and Medals

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Gut of Gibraltar 12 July 1801, Trafalgar (John Hughes) original ribbon, edge bruising and a little polished, otherwise nearly very fine £1200-1500

John Hughes served as a Landsman aboard H.M.S. Spencer at the Gut of Gibraltar and as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Prince at Trafalgar. Five other men of this name appear on the rolls, including four for Syria.