FRANCE. Normandie Ocean Liner Inaugural Voyage Medal, Le Havre to New York Struck in Bronze, 1935.
68 mm. The classic Art-Deco maiden harnessing the hippocamp design on the obverse and reverse with the ship practically cruising right off the medal to the left. Edge marked: (cornucopia) BRONZE. Still housed in the rare original round cardboard box inscribed COMPAGNIE / GENERALE / TRANSATLANTIQUE / FRENCH LINE / "NORMANDIE" / 1935, which is still in excellent shape. UNCIRCULATED.
Estimate: $175.00- $225.00