Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 789

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£3,100

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Gaieta 24 July 1815 (Michael Keen, Vol.) nearly extremely fine £2500-3000

Confirmed on the rolls as a First Class Volunteer on board H.M.S. Malta. A total of 89 clasps issued for this action including 9 officers and 29 ratings to this ship.

Gaieta, in the Kingdom of Naples, held out in the cause of Napoleon for several weeks after the battle of Waterloo. An Austrian force under Baron de Lauer invested the place by land, and the British ships
Malta, 80 guns, under Captain W. Fahie, and Berwick, 74 guns, under Captain E. Brace, blockaded it by sea. After several bombardments, the Governor having been informed by Captain Fahie of the surrender of Napoleon to Captain Maitland in the Bellerophon, the place capitulated on August 8th, the final chapter in the war against Napoleon.