Medal commemorating the action at Saint Cast, 1758

Medal commemorating the action at Saint Cast, 1758. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XV in a long wig, laureate, and drapery (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICO XV . OPTIMO PRINCIPI . COMITIA ARMORICA.' (The Commune of Brittany to Louis XV, the best of princes.) Reverse: The genius of Brittany, sword in hand and shield at her feet (left) and Mars in a helmet and armed with a fulmen (right), hanging shields on a palm tree. Inscription, on shield: 'VIRTUS DUCIS ET MILIT.' (The valour of the general and of the soldiers.) Inscription, on shield that Mars hangs: 'VIRTUS NOBIL . ET POP . ARM.' (The valour of the nobility and of the people of Brittany.) Legend: 'ANGLIS AB AGUILLONIO DUCE PROFLIGATIS.' (The English defeated by the Duc d'Aiguillon.) This landing of English troops was a failure, but the preceding attack by Commodore Howe against the French fleet at Cherbourg was successful. Exergue: 'AD SANCTUM CATUODUM M . DCC . LVIII .' (At St Cast, 1758.)