Maritime courier company medal – Centenary of services – 1851-1951 – signed by André Lavrillier (First Grand Prix de Rome in engraving of medals 1914)

Bronze

Weight: 115,5 g

Diameter: 59 mm

History: The Compagnie des Couriers Maritimes (MM) is a prestigious French shipping company, independent from 1851 to February 23, 1977, then merged with the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT) to form the Compagnie Générale Maritime (CGM).

Obverse:

Circular inscription: MDCCCLI (1851) MCMLI (1951)

Prow of a passenger liner from the front. Steamboat in the foreground, sailing to the right.

Signature: ANDRE LAVRILLIER

Reverse:

COMPAGNIE

DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES

Unicorn’s head to the left on an anchor surmounted by a rope and a turreted crown, alongside the dates 1851 and 1951

CENTENAIRE

DES SERVICES

At the bottom: a bird flying to the right.