Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 3 clasps, 14 March 1795, Trafalgar, Algiers (William Spencer.) fitted with engraved silver ribbon buckle, toned, good very fine £3000-4000

Provenance: Glendining, March 1918; Spink, March 1995.

Approximately 95 ‘14 March 1795’ clasps issued, a unique clasp combination covering 20 years service.

William Spencer served as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Inconstant at Hotham’s action on 14 March 1795; as Quarter Gunner aboard H.M.S. Tonnant at Trafalgar; and as Gunner’s Mate aboard H.M.S. Glasgow at Algiers. Two other men of this name received a medal, one for Copenhagen 1801, the other for Syria.

Withdrawn