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Medal commemorating the cruiser 'Algérie'
Medal commemorating the cruiser 'Algérie'. Obverse: Half-length figure of a woman of Algeria in a head-dress with pendants, wearing earrings, holding a basket of fruit on her head supported by her arms. Inscription: 'ALGERIE' (hidden behind figure). Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the cruiser 'Algérie'. Inscription, below: 'CROISEUR ALGÉRIE LANCÉ A BREST LE 21 MAI 1932.' (The cruiser 'Algerine' launched at Brest the 21 May 1932.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2175 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Morlon, Pierre Alexandre |
| Places: | France |
| Vessels: | Algerie (1932) |
| Date made: | 1932 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm |