Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Copenhagen 1801 (William Watts.) suspension claw re-fixed and suspension rod re-fixed with solder, otherwise good very fine £1,600-£2,000

Provenance: Sotheby, February 1879; W. E. Gray Collection 1898; Glendining’s, May 1920.

William Watts is confirmed as a Boy 3rd Class aboard the 14-gun schooner H.M.S. Eling at Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. A unique name for Copenhagen but four others shown on the rolls, one for 1 June 1794 and Nile, one for Basque Roads, and two for Syria. Four medals only to H.M.S. Eling for Copenhagen. Sold with comprehensive research including copied muster lists and ship’s log for Eling.