Medal commemorating Admiral Jules Sebastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1840). Obverse: Head of Admiral d'Urville (left). Legend: '. JULES . SEBASTIEN . CESAR . DUMONT . D'URVILLE . MDCCCXLIV.' Reverse: A facsimile of the monument erected in his honour, a star on either side, at its foot an anchor (left) and prow of an antique galley (right), inscriptions on either side and below. Legend (circular): '. NÉ A . CONDÉ . SUR . NOIREAU . CALVADOS . LE . XXIII . MAI . MDCCXC . MORT . LE . VIII . MAI . MDCCCXLII.' (Born at Conde-sur-Noireau, Calvados). Inscription (across the field on both sides of the monument): 'A . LA . MÉMOIRE . . DU . CONTRE-AMIRAL . . DU MONT . D'URVILLE . MORT . SUR . LE . CHEMIN . DE . FER DE . PARIS . A . VERSAILLES .' (Killed on the railway from Paris to Versailles.) Admiral D'Urville navigated the globe three times between 1822 and 1840, carrying out surveying work in the Pacific and Antarctic. Exergue: 'MONUMENT . ÉLEVÉ . PAR . LES . SOINS . . DE . LA . SOCIETE . DE . GEOGRAPHITE . . INAUGURE . LE . I . NOVEMBRE . . MDCCCXLIV.' (The monument was raised at the expense of the Geographical Society.)