Watch List notes:

FRANCE: AE medal, 1935, 68mm, Art Nouveau medal by Jean Vernon (1897-1975), SS Normandie Maiden Voyage, C[ompagn]ie G[énéra]le TRANSATLANTIQVE - French Line - LE HAVRE [to] NEW-YORK - 1935, port-side ship portrait /standing female before wild hippocamp, in original round cardboard of issue, EF. During World War II, Normandie was seized by US authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized onto her port side and came to rest on the mud of the Hudson River at Pier 88, the site of the current New York Passenger Ship Terminal. Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946. Photo size reduced.

Estimate: 120- 150 USD