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Uruguay War Cross Query

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March 29, 2015 at 1:48 pm #12857

jeff mcwilliam
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Hi all
Being new to the forum and also to the subject of Latin American War Medals, I wonder if I might draw on the collective expertise of members in this fascinating topic.
At the moment I am very puzzled by an apparent anomaly re the Uraguay "Triple Alliance" War Medal/Cross 1865 – 1869:
According to most of the sources I am aware of (mostly dealers) the cross was made of Bronzed Iron ("Hierro Dulce") with the appropriate radiating-sun attachment above. However, just recently I have come across two examples apparently struck in different metals, viz Lead, and an unspecified White-metal…the former from the French dealer "Medal-Medaille" and the latter which features on the OMSA data file and is said to originate from a Morton & Eden sale.
I wonder if any of the experts on this subject can confirm that such deviations were official and, if so, under what circumstances these variations were issued. With many thanks in advance for any help you can give. Sincerely. Jeff McWilliam
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The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:

Boats of ‘Fawn’ under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner ‘Guadaloupe’, and capture.

A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant’s commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall’s or O’Byrne’s Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man’s promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it’s not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.


Name	Lieut	Cmd	Died
MORGAN, John Fortescue	15 Sep 1806	12 Oct 1814	9 Dec 1843
MORGAN, Thomas	10 May 1809	16 Nov 1814	Apr 1843
MORGAN, Charles	15 Jun 1781	1 Jan 1816	1817
MORGAN, James (1)	2 Sep 1783	25 Apr 1827	1835

One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.