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Promotion of Sidney Smith to Flag Rank, 1805

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Promotion of Sidney Smith to Flag Rank, 1805
Sydney Smith Promotion to Flag Rank, 1805, Obv: Bust right, "Gvliemvs Sidney Smith, MDCCCV"; Rev: Wreath, "Coeur De Lion", within, Ae, 53mm, by T.Webb, Eimer-971, BHM-573, EF, couple of flaws on obv. Rim.; Admiral Sir William Sydney Smith was a heavily decorated naval officer who was elevated to Admiral after the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805. He joined the navy in 1777 and was promotd to Lieutenant in 1780, at age sixteen and captain at age nineteen!