1718 G. BRITAIN GEORGE I WHITE METAL "CAPE PASSARO NAVAL ACTION" MEDAL NGC AU55

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON 1718 GREAT BRITAIN GEORGE I WHITE METAL "CAPE PASSARO NAVAL ACTION" MEDAL NGC AU-55
Spanish Fleet Destroyed off Cape Passaro, White Metal
Medal, 1718, by John Croker, laureate bust of George I right,
rev. statue of the King as Neptune upon a rostral column amidst captured naval trophies,
45 mm
The Spanish, having seized Sardinia, were then attacking Sicily. Admiral Sir George Byng was sent to mediate a peace; however the Spanish General, who was besieging Messina, refused. As a result, Byng pursued the Spanish with the action off Cape Passaro, either destroying or capturing the greater proportion of it. Castaneta, the Spanish admiral, was amongst the prisoners.