Admiral Sir Richard Onslow (1741-1817), The Battle of Camperdown, 1797, a trial impression or squeeze of the reverse of J. G. Hancock's medal, on a pewter flan, HMS Monarch sails into action, SECOND IN COMMAND OCTO II, and the first line only of the exergual legend, IN THE MONARCH OF 7[4] GUNS, 50.5mm. (BHM 427; Eimer 885; Milford Haven 472), sharp though weakly struck, extremely fine
It was Onslow, as second in command, who captured Admiral de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown. This trial, an extremely rare survivor, seems to have been made to show how the legend will be placed on the finished medal.
(80-120 GBP)