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19 & 20 July 2017

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№ 784 x

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20 July 2017

Hammer Price:
£3,200

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, The Potomac 17 Aug 1814 (Archibald Livingstone.) traces of brooch mounting to obverse, suspension reconstituted with damaged clasp facing, good fine £2000-2600

Archibald Livingstone is confirmed as an Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Euryalus during the expedition up the Potomac river in August 1814. He was born in Argyllshire and entered Euryalus on 14 April 1810, aged 25. He was still serving in the Navy in April 1831 in the rank of Quartermaster. Sold with various copied muster roll and ship’s description book entries.