Lot 267Est. £1200 - £1500
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with clasp ‘Syria’ and St Jean D’Acre Medal pair, the NGS named to: Matthew Odgers, and the St Jean D’Acre medal un-named as issued.The clasp ‘Syria’ to the NGS was awarded in 1848 to survivors of the British combined fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford which had bombarded and stormed the town of Acre on the Syrian coast on 3 November 1840. The Sultan of Turkey had previously awarded his medal (the St Jean D’Acre Medal) to those who took part in the action and so, for a number of years, the St Jean D’Acre Medal was the first and only medal worn by those sailors of the Royal Navy who had taken part.Matthew Odgers served as an Able Seaman (AB) on HMS Implacable during the action and so received the St Jean D’Acre Medal in copper (it was awarded in gold to senior officers, silver to junior officers and copper to petty officers and junior ratings). In common with many others, Odgers had his medal silvered and fitted with an improved suspension in order to enhance its appearance.HMS Implacable was originally Launched in France as the Duguay-Trouin in 1800.As a 74-gun Temeraire - class Ship of the Line she served with the French Navy, fighting against the British at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. She was luckyto escape, one of only four French ships to get away, but she was captured by the Royal Navy two weeks later, in the battle of Cape Ortegal, that finally destroyed theremnants of the French/Spanish fleet. She was recommissioned and renamed HMS Implacable, the first Royal Navy ship to bear the name.She served in the Royal Navy throughout the Napoleonic Wars, including capturing the Russian warship Vsevolod in the Baltic in 1808, and in 1840 she took part in thebombardment of Acre to restore Ottoman rule of the city, before being docked in Devonport as unseaworthy in 1842.In 1844 she was taken out of commission, and in 1855 was converted into a training ship for boys and served in this role for several decades. Technically, her name wasgiven to a Formidable-class battleship in 1899, but she continued to be known as Implacable and to serve as a training ship. Finally, on 2 December 1949, she wastowed out into deep water to the east of the Isle of Wight and was scuttled. She was 149 years old at that point, the second oldest ship in the Royal Navy after HMSVictory, Nelson’s flagship. She proudly flew both the British and French ensigns as she sank into St Catherine’s deep, five miles off the coast from the town of Ventner,IOW.The NGS in Good Very Fine (GVF) condition; the St Jean D’Acre Medal has been silvered, the original suspension hole plugged and fitted with a swivelling straight barsuspension, with some signs of wear.With copy extract from medal roll.
A Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with clasp ‘Syria’ and St Jean D’Acre Medal pair, the NGS named to: Matthew Odgers, and the St Jean D’Acre medal un-named as issued.The clasp ‘Syria’ to the NGS was awarded in 1848 to survivors of the British combined fleet under Admiral Sir Robert Stopford which had bombarded and stormed the town of Acre on the Syrian coast on 3 November 1840. The Sultan of Turkey had previously awarded his medal (the St Jean D’Acre Medal) to those who took part in the action and so, for a number of years, the St Jean D’Acre Medal was the first and only medal worn by those sailors of the Royal Navy who had taken part.Matthew Odgers served as an Able Seaman (AB) on HMS Implacable during the action and so received the St Jean D’Acre Medal in copper (it was awarded in gold to senior officers, silver to junior officers and copper to petty officers and junior ratings). In common with many others, Odgers had his medal silvered and fitted with an improved suspension in order to enhance its appearance.HMS Implacable was originally Launched in France as the Duguay-Trouin in 1800.As a 74-gun Temeraire - class Ship of the Line she served with the French Navy, fighting against the British at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805. She was luckyto escape, one of only four French ships to get away, but she was captured by the Royal Navy two weeks later, in the battle of Cape Ortegal, that finally destroyed theremnants of the French/Spanish fleet. She was recommissioned and renamed HMS Implacable, the first Royal Navy ship to bear the name.She served in the Royal Navy throughout the Napoleonic Wars, including capturing the Russian warship Vsevolod in the Baltic in 1808, and in 1840 she took part in thebombardment of Acre to restore Ottoman rule of the city, before being docked in Devonport as unseaworthy in 1842.In 1844 she was taken out of commission, and in 1855 was converted into a training ship for boys and served in this role for several decades. Technically, her name wasgiven to a Formidable-class battleship in 1899, but she continued to be known as Implacable and to serve as a training ship. Finally, on 2 December 1949, she wastowed out into deep water to the east of the Isle of Wight and was scuttled. She was 149 years old at that point, the second oldest ship in the Royal Navy after HMSVictory, Nelson’s flagship. She proudly flew both the British and French ensigns as she sank into St Catherine’s deep, five miles off the coast from the town of Ventner,IOW.The NGS in Good Very Fine (GVF) condition; the St Jean D’Acre Medal has been silvered, the original suspension hole plugged and fitted with a swivelling straight barsuspension, with some signs of wear.With copy extract from medal roll.