Auction Catalogue

22 September 2006

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 456

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22 September 2006

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Spanish Capture of Bagur and Palamos 1810, silver, 46mm., the reverse engraved with the monogram, ‘P.M.’, with a sprig of laurel to either side, with integral loop and ring suspension, nearly very fine, scarce £700-800

This medal was given in gold and in silver by the Spanish Government to the officers, seamen, and marines of H.M. Ships Kent, Ajax and Cambrian as a reward for the assistance they rendered the Spanish in their attempt to expel the French from Catalonia, in September 1810. At Bagur, the Spaniards with the help of the British Marines, defeated a French detachment and destroyed a battery, and in the attack on Palamos, by the cooperation of the ships, the French were again defeated and the place taken.