Medal La Bourdonnais – Admiral – Liner – Signed by Roger Bertrand Baron
In bronze.
Weight: 101,9 g
Diameter: 58,5 mm
Obverse:
Circular inscription: B.F. MAHE DE LA BOURDONNAIS
1699-1755
Admiral Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (born in 1699 in Saint-Malo) from the front, decorated with the Knight’s Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis. Behind him, on either side of the sea, a three-master and the coat of arms of the Mahé family composed of an escutcheon “Silver with two battle axes backed Gules surmounted by a crescent of the same.” surmounted by the helmet of the gentlemen, surrounded by a ribbon bearing the inscription in Breton: DRE AN MOR BISKOUAS TROUBARDIAS NA REAS.
Signature: R.B.BARON
Reverse:
Circular inscription: COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
In the center the emblem of the company: A unicorn in profile on the left in front of a ringed anchor.
“LA BOURDONNAIS”
• 1953 •
Reference to the liner La Bourdonnais, launched in 1953 by the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes on the Indian Ocean line (Marseille, East Coast of Africa, Madagascar, Reunion).
Signature: R.B.B.
Edge:
Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint) + BRONZE
