Watch List notes:

The Portland Collection, Commemorative Medals, Exhibitions: France, Exposition et Concours de Bateaux de Pêche à Moteur, Lorient-Kéroman, La Société du Port de Pèche, 1929, Jurors' medal, by J. Marey and (rev.) H. Dubois, fishing boat furling sails, others sail behind, rev. legend in central tablet, 57mm., edge stamped 2 ARGENT, in maroon leather case of issue, stamped in gilt, MARINE MARCHANDE 1929; Belgium, Exposition Internationale, Brussels, gilt-bronze medal, 1897, view of exhibition buildings, rev. vignettes of four historic buildings, 42.5mm., both mint state (2)
The French Government invested considerable funds into the rebuilding of the fishing port which was inaugurated on July 17, 1927 and 15,810 tonnes of fish were landed in the following year. Whilst Lorient-Kéroman is still the leading French fishing port, it is also remembered for the massive submarine base built by the Germans in World War II.