Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (John Woolridge.) edge bruising and a few marks to obverse, otherwise nearly very fine £1,400-£1,800

Provenance: Turl Collection, Spink, July 2010.

John Woolridge served as Private, Royal Marines in H.M.S. L’Aigle during Lord Cochrane’s successful destruction of a number of French ships, including four ships of the line, in the Basque Roads, off St. Nazaire, 11-12 April 1809.