A crown piece. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface a royal crown (centre) surrounded by a laurel garland tied with ribbon and legend and circular inscription in four lines. Legend: 'FRENCH NATIONAL SHIPS CAPTURED OR BURNED'. Below: 'H.M.SHIP ARETHUSA 3 FEBY 1812.' Inscription: 'Cygne 18 Guns, Amphetrite (sic) 46, Do Pauline 20, Seine 44, Loire 44, Hautpoult 80 and many smaller National armed Vessels.' Below: 'Lieut. Peter Brooke Royal Navy and Major of the Mexican Caccadores.' Reverse: The royal arms (centre) and circular inscription. Inscription across the field: 'H.M. SHIP VILLE DE PARIS'; 'bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir H.B. Neale'. In a circle: 'Channel Fleet Reviewed at Spit Head by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, June 1814, in presence of the Emperor of Russia & King of Prussia. Lieut Peter Brooke. Engagements; Flotillas & Batteries at Havre de Grace & Boulogne, Copenhagen, Spanish Main, Pigeon Island, Martinique, Saintes, Guadiloup (sic), New Orleans, Mobille.'