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Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'
Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'. Obverse: Bust of Commodore Piquet in a tie-wig and laced tunic (three-quarter right). Legend: 'G . DE LA MOTTE-PICQUET . CHEF D'ESCADRE . 1720-1791.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the cruiser. Inscription, below: 'CROISEUR LAMOTTE-PIQUET LANCÉ A LORIENT LE 21 MARS 1924.' (The cruiser 'Lamotte Picquet' launched at Lorient the 21st March 1934.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2166 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Lenoir, P.; Cochet, Robert |
| Places: | France |
| Vessels: | Lamotte Picquet 1934 (French) |
| Date made: | 1924 |
| People: | Motte-Picquet, La |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm |