Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, 1 Nov Boat Service 1809 (Joseph Priest.) very fine £2000-2600

Provenance: J. B. Hayward 1971.

Approximately 110 clasps issued for this action. The roll confirms Joseph Priest as a Private 3rd Class in the Royal Marines aboard H.M.S. Apollo for the boat service action in the Bay of Rosas on 1 November 1809, when a French convoy of five warships and various merchant vessels was captured or destroyed. Sold with copied muster roll entry.