DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDAL.

OCCASION.--Capture of the Reindeer.

DEVICE.--Bust of Captain Blakeley.

LEGEND.--Johnston Blakeley reip. fed. Amer. nav. Wasp, dux.

REVERSE.--Two ships engaged.

LEGEND.--Eheu! Bis victor. Patria tua te luget plauditq.

EXERGUE.--Inter Wasp nav. Ameri. et Reindeer nav. Ang. 28th June, 1814.

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