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The reference then given by the date to the Annals of the times, will enable every one who wishes it to referr at once to the name of the Commander & the circumstances of the Action, Things not proper to be recorded on a Coin as because they ought to be reservd for Medals, to be struck on occasions of the most Splendid & decisive Victories & on such occasions only on enumeration of the Emblems assumed for these Tokens with the explanation of Each
Obverse - Britannia vigil
Reverse Ceylon - Ceylona decrita
Bahamas
Britannia Represents the United Kingdom
her Spear offensive war or attack
her Sheild defence
her olive Branch Peace
her full grown Lion her disciplind force Military & Naval
her young Lion her Volunteer force
a trident signifies the Naval force of the Empire
a musquet & Bayonet the Military Force
a wreath of Laurel Victory - the berries when intermixd with the Leaves in the Case of a Naval Victory the number of Line of Battle Ships taken or destroyd