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Medal commemorating the General Steam Navigation Company
Medal commemorating the General Steam Navigation Company. Obverse: Port broadside view of a three-masted steam and sailing vessel, hills with palm trees in distance. Legend: 'COMPAGNIE . GÉNÉRALE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR'. Below: 'BAZIN LÉON GAY & CIE'. Reverse: Marseilles crowned, seated on a rock, her right hand resting on an anchor, a trophy of Turkish flags behind; a ship in the distance. Below: 'MARSEILLE'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0549 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | A. Stern |
| Places: | France |
| People: | General Steam Navigation Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 42 mm |