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Medal commemorating Joseph Antoine Raymond Bruny, Chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) and the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'
Medal commemorating Joseph Antoine Raymond Bruny, Chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) and the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'. Obverse: Bust of M D'Entrecasteaux in a tie-wig (right). Legend: '1737-1793 . D'ENTRECASTEAUX.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'. Legend: 'MARINE . NATIONALE . FRANÇAISE.' Inscription, below: 'AVISO D'ENTRECASTEAUX LANCE A PORT-DE-BOUC LE 7 JUIN 1931'. (The destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux' launched at Port-de-bouc 7 June 1931.)
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2174 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mouroux-Martin, Anie |
| Vessels: | D'Entrecasteaux (1931) |
| Date made: | 1931 |
| People: | Bruny-D'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm |