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2670 - "PAQUEBOT ILE de FRANCE ( * )" Medal of the ship and of the …
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Estimate €40
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"PAQUEBOT ILE de FRANCE ( * )" Medal of the ship and of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique - France seated in profile, bared breasts, right arm raised holding a rose, left arm resting on the coat of arms of France with 3 fleurs-de-lis, above a large 16th century three-masted ship, with the coats of arms of old France around the edge. Reverse: "C. G. T. French Line Ile de France", maritime chart Le Havre New York, porthole with seagulls in the centre, above a view of the ship at sea from the port side. Work of the sculptor / medallist Marcel RENARD 1949 - on the edge bronze and horn hallmarks. 54 mm - 81,70 grammes - SUP/FDC , in its original delivery box in the name of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (condition for the box). ( * ) Ile de France : built in 1927 by the Penhoet / St Nazaire shipyards for the C.G.T., Le Havre to New York line. The ship has a postal seaplane that delivers mail a day early when the liner is 500 miles from the coast - Length 241 metres, 1786 passengers. Converted, requisitioned in 1940 by the British as a troop transport. Returned to France in 1945. Last voyage on 1st November 1958. Sold to the Japanese company Yamamoto, she became the Furanzu Maru. The end of the liner caused a scandal: it was used as the setting for the Hollywood film "Panic on Board"; for the purposes of the film, it was partially sunk in the Sea of Japan and the interior ransacked for explosive photography. At the end of filming, the ship was destroyed.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
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Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520536
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