NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1793-1840, tailor's copy clasp, Venerable 16 January 1814 (naming neatly erased). Attractively toned, Good Very Fine and a useful space filler.
Only 42 genuine Venerable 16 January 1814 clasps awarded.
Awarded for the capture of the French 40-gun frigates Almene and Iphigenie by HM Ships Venerable, 74 guns, and Cyane, 22 guns, off the Canary Isles, 16th-20th January 1814, after a chase that lasted some five days.
