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Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'

Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'. Obverse: Bust of Commodore Piquet in a tie-wig and laced tunic (three-quarter right). Legend: 'G . DE LA MOTTE-PICQUET . CHEF D'ESCADRE . 1720-1791.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the cruiser. Inscription, below: 'CROISEUR LAMOTTE-PIQUET LANCÉ A LORIENT LE 21 MARS 1924.' (The cruiser 'Lamotte Picquet' launched at Lorient the 21st March 1934.)
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Object Details

ID: MEC2166
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lenoir, P.; Cochet, Robert
Places: France
Vessels: Lamotte Picquet 1934 (French)
Date made: 1924
People: Motte-Picquet, La
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm
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