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NGS Gaieta 1815 Qr Gnr HMS Berwick

Naval General Service Medal, bar Gaieta 24 July 1815, Thomas Vernon, Quarter Gunner on HMS Berwick.

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Naval General Service Medal, bar Gaieta 24 July 1815, Thomas Vernon, Quarter Gunner on HMS Berwick.

 

Officially impressed naming: “Thomas Vernon”
Another Thomas Vernon is present on the medal roll but he was a Sergeant of Marines aboard the Dreadnought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

 

One edge knock otherwise very good toned condition.

 

The only recipient of the Gaieta bar in a Gunnery Role. Only 88 bars were issued for the Bombardment of Gaieta Fort.

 


Provenance, ex Glendinings September 1923, DNW 13th December 2007, ~£3472.