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Medal commemorating Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1840) and the colonial destroyer 'Dumont d'Urville'
Medal commemorating Admiral Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (1790-1840) and the colonial destroyer 'Dumont d'Urville' 1931. Obverse: Head of Admiral D'Urville (left). Legend, 'JULES . SEBASTIEN . CESAR . DUMONT . D'URVILLE . MDCCCXLIV'. Reverse: A coat of arms of three axeheads. Legend: 'AVISO COLONIAL DUMONT D'URVILLE.' (The Colonial destroyer, 'Dumont d'Urville'.) Inscription, partly around shield: 'LE JOUR COMME LA NUIT.' (Day as the night.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2162 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Oudiné, Eugène André |
| Places: | France |
| Vessels: | Dumont D'Urville (French) |
| Date made: | 1931 |
| People: | d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César Dumont; d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César Dumont Oudiné, Eugène André |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 33 mm |