256, Lot: 932. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet and admiral. 1752-1822. Æ Medal (49mm, 61.64 g, 12h). Naval Action off Tory Island. By J. G. Hancock. Dated 1798. SIR I · BORLASE WARREN BART · K · B · REAR ADMIRAL OF THE NILE, uniformed bust right / ATTACKED & DEFEATED THE FRENCH SQUADRON/ON THE COAST OF IRELAND, Hibernia seated right upon arms, holding olive branch and harp; at a distance to right, fleet at sea; OCTO 12 1798 in exergue. BHM 455; Eimer 895. EF, brown patina.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.