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Auction archive: Lot number 7

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Banda Neira (Henry Notley); …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£4,500 - £5,000
ca. US$7,578 - US$8,420
Price realised:
£4,500
ca. US$7,578
Auction archive: Lot number 7

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Banda Neira (Henry Notley); …

Auction 29.05.2014
29 May 2014
Estimate
£4,500 - £5,000
ca. US$7,578 - US$8,420
Price realised:
£4,500
ca. US$7,578
Beschreibung:

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Banda Neira (Henry Notley); officially impressed. Lightly toned, a few tiny obverse marks and hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, a rare clasp. ex Dixon’s Medals, Gazette, Autumn 2012, sold for £5400 ex Spink, 25th September 2001, lot 37, sold for £3680 ex Dixon’s Medals, November 1981, £875 ex Spink, October 1950 Henry Notley was born c.1781 in Doncaster, England. He entered service with the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS Caroline in October 1803, at the age of 22. His age and entry as Ordinary Seaman suggests that he had previous experience aboard merchant vessels sailing between Britain and India. He was advanced to Able Seaman in January 1805 and to Quarter-Master’s Mate in May 1810, where he was present during the famous capture of the fortified Dutch island of Banda Neira - a bountiful spice island which had hitherto been considered impregnable. On 9 August 1810 Captain C Cole, with HMS Caroline, Piedmontaise and Barracouta approached the island with a complement of 100 men of the Madras European Regiment, with the ships exchanging fire with the numerous batteries. Landing his troops in small boats, they managed to scale the wall with ladders and seized Fort Belgica, and soon after Fort Nassau, securing a large amount of treasure in addition to the possession of a highly profitable spice island. Only 68 recipients for this clasp on roll, and one of only 14 examples of this medal known to the medal market, this the finest in terms of condition. Sold with a quantity of relevant research, copy roll entries, and provenance information.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1840, single clasp, Banda Neira (Henry Notley); officially impressed. Lightly toned, a few tiny obverse marks and hairlines, otherwise extremely fine, a rare clasp. ex Dixon’s Medals, Gazette, Autumn 2012, sold for £5400 ex Spink, 25th September 2001, lot 37, sold for £3680 ex Dixon’s Medals, November 1981, £875 ex Spink, October 1950 Henry Notley was born c.1781 in Doncaster, England. He entered service with the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman aboard HMS Caroline in October 1803, at the age of 22. His age and entry as Ordinary Seaman suggests that he had previous experience aboard merchant vessels sailing between Britain and India. He was advanced to Able Seaman in January 1805 and to Quarter-Master’s Mate in May 1810, where he was present during the famous capture of the fortified Dutch island of Banda Neira - a bountiful spice island which had hitherto been considered impregnable. On 9 August 1810 Captain C Cole, with HMS Caroline, Piedmontaise and Barracouta approached the island with a complement of 100 men of the Madras European Regiment, with the ships exchanging fire with the numerous batteries. Landing his troops in small boats, they managed to scale the wall with ladders and seized Fort Belgica, and soon after Fort Nassau, securing a large amount of treasure in addition to the possession of a highly profitable spice island. Only 68 recipients for this clasp on roll, and one of only 14 examples of this medal known to the medal market, this the finest in terms of condition. Sold with a quantity of relevant research, copy roll entries, and provenance information.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
29 May 2014
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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