Medal for Forges and Shipyards of the Mediterranean – Cargo Prinsdal – 1958 – signed Darby
In bronze
Weight: 52 g
Diameter: 44.7 mm
Company founded in 1853 by Louis Henri Armand Béhic supported by Napoleon III.
Obverse:
Circular inscription: FORGES ET CHANTIERS DE LA MEDITERRANEE
PARIS
Coat of arms of the Société des Forges et chantiers de la Méditerranée (Azure with a Argent chevron accompanied in chief on the right by a hammer, on the left by an axe and in base, by a ship’s hull, all Or, with a chief Gules) ,
accosted on the left by Hephaestus and on the right by Poseidon .
THE SEYNE • LE HAVRE
Reverse:
PRINSDAL (name of the cargo ship)
3 MAI 1958 (launch date)
A/S MOLTZAUS TANKREDERI (owner)
OSLO
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Edge:
Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + BRONZE
