256, Lot: 934. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir William Sydney Smith, admiral. 1764-1840. Æ Medal (38mm, 28.43 g, 12h). Siege of Acre. By T. Wyon, Sr.. Dated 1799. SR. W. SYDNEY SMITH, uniformed bust facing slightly right; in exergue, CAPTAIN OF THE TIGRE OF 74 GUNS / British ships in the bay of Acre; in four lines in exergue, REPULSED BUONAPARTE/IN 11 ATTACKS, MADE/BY HIM, ON ACRE/1799. BHM 474; Eimer 907. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.