Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705-1781), later First Sea Lord, Victory over the French Fleet, Pinchbeck-type Medal, 1759, bust of Hawke right holding baton, BRAVE ADML HAWKE, rev naval action between six ships, BEAT THE FRENCH FLEET, with OCT 17 1759 in exergue, 27.5mm (MI -; MH 365, a cast from a pierced example in the Frederick Willson Yeates Collection). Good fine and exceedingly rare.
The medal's date is confusing. Hawke had been blockading the French fleet, but were forced to retreat by a storm from 15 to 20 October. The French did not leave harbour and a month later were defeated at the decisive Battle of Quiberon Bay fought on 20 November 1759. Milford Haven lists the medal as for Quiberon Bay since the piercing goes through the word "OCT". Old collector's ticket [1935] states "The only one I have seen". Ticket also states "From Clements ... by exchange".
Estimate: £150-250
The medal's date is confusing. Hawke had been blockading the French fleet, but were forced to retreat by a storm from 15 to 20 October. The French did not leave harbour and a month later were defeated at the decisive Battle of Quiberon Bay fought on 20 November 1759. Milford Haven lists the medal as for Quiberon Bay since the piercing goes through the word "OCT". Old collector's ticket [1935] states "The only one I have seen". Ticket also states "From Clements ... by exchange".
Estimate: £150-250