256, Lot: 933. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet and admiral. 1752-1822. Æ Medal (38mm, 30.45 g, 6h). Naval Action off Tory Island. By T. Wyon, Sr.. Dated 1798. SR J. B. WARREN BARONET. KB, uniformed bust facing slightly left; in exergue, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS WITH US / THE SISTER COUNTRY AGAIN RESCUED FROM INVASION, naval engagement; in three lines in exergue, BREST SQUADRON DEFEATD/OFF TORY ISLAND/OCTOBER·12·1798·. BHM 456; Eimer 896. Near EF, dark brown patina, some minor marks.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.