Medal commemorating the port of Calais
Medal commemorating the port of Calais. Obverse: View of the port and docks of Calais, a brig alongside (left), the high sea in distance. Reverse: Inscription, 'PORT DE CALAIS LOI DU 19 JUILLET 1837 LE BASSIN A FLOT A ÉTÉ LIVRÉ AU COMMERCE AU MOIS DE NOVEMBRE 1842 S.M. LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS. MR. TESTE MINISTRE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS. MR. LEGRAND SOUS-SECRÉTAIRE D'ÉTAT. MR. DESMOUSEAUX DE GIVRÉ PRÉFET. MR. NÉHOU INGÉNIEUR EN CHEF CHARGÉ D'EXÉCUTION DE PROJET DRESSÉ PAR MR. RAFFENEAU DE LILE INSPECTEUR GAL' (Port of Calais. Law 49 of July 1837. The tidal basin was freed for commerce in the month of November 1842. H. M. Louis Philippe I King of the French. Mr Teste Minister of Public Works. Mr Legrand Under-Secretary of State. Mr Dismousseaux de Givré Prefect. Mr Néhou Engineer-in-Chief charged with the execution of the undertaking carried out by Mr Raffeneau de Lile, Inspector Gen.)
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Object Details
ID: | MEC0791 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Dubois, Charles Adrien |
Date made: | 1842 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 51 mm |