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Summary
Medal, campaign
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| Artist |
William Wyon |
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| Title |
Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Classification: 278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 Awarded to Corporal Henry Castle, Royal Marines silver medal; 36mm diameter; plain straight swivelling suspender; two bars; with ribbon obverse- diademed head of Queen Victoria with legend above and date below- VICTORIA REGINA - 1848 reverse- figure of Britannia holding a trident, seated on sea horse; exergue blank two clasps- JAVA - TRAFALGAR ribbon- white with dark blue edges named in indented Roman capitals on edge- H.CASTLE |
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| Date | Peninsular War-wars; Jul 1811-Sep 1811; 1793-1840; (Pre 1977); Circa 1845; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; 21 Oct 1805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
diameter: 36mm |
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| Accession number |
799944 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | Java; England; Trafalgar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 2B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W1551 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with two bars Awarded to Corporal Henry Castle, Royal Marines serving aboard HMS Britannia and HMS Hussar. bars- Trafalgar- 21 October 1805 Java- July-11 September 1811 Henry Castle was on board HMS Britannia during the Battle of Trafalgar, 221 October 1805, Lord Nelson's most famous victory. During the capture of Java he was serving on board HMS Hussar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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