Medal commemorating eight hundred naval cadets enrolled for service in the war navy

Medal commemorating eight hundred naval cadets enrolled for service in the war navy. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right) with a small curl in front. Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: A naval officer (centre) standing on the shore, one cadet holding a compass (left); another, kneeling (right), working on a chart, a ship (right), distant view of a town in background. Legend: 'LECTI JUVENES INNAVALEM MILITIAM CONSCRIPTI . DCCC.' (800 selected youths enrolled for service in the War Navy). Exergue: 'M . DC . LXXXIII .'