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FRANCE, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Lancement de restauré SS Liberté, 1950, an...
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FRANCE, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Lancement de restauré SS Liberté, 1950, an Art Déco bronze medal by J.-É.-L. de Vernon for Le Médaillier, semi-naked female standing facing, head turned to left, broken chains on her wrists, flanked by two dolphins, rev. ship sailing left, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 50.63g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.61, 144; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 1056; cf. iNumis MBS 44, 1451; cf. DNW 137, 568). Extremely fine, dark patina £30-£40 --- The SS Europa, later renamed Liberté, was originally built in Hamburg for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in August 1928 to run between Bremerhaven and New York. After the war the vessel was captured by Allied forces and used as a troopship carrier, before being decommissioned and transferred to France in partial payment for war reparations in June 1946. Refitted at Le Havre and Saint-Nazaire, the vessel made her maiden voyage to New York as the Liberté under CGT ownership in August 1950. The ship remained in service until 1962 and was scrapped the following year
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FRANCE, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Lancement de restauré SS Liberté, 1950, an Art Déco bronze medal by J.-É.-L. de Vernon for Le Médaillier, semi-naked female standing facing, head turned to left, broken chains on her wrists, flanked by two dolphins, rev. ship sailing left, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 50.63g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.61, 144; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 1056; cf. iNumis MBS 44, 1451; cf. DNW 137, 568). Extremely fine, dark patina £30-£40 --- The SS Europa, later renamed Liberté, was originally built in Hamburg for Norddeutscher Lloyd and launched in August 1928 to run between Bremerhaven and New York. After the war the vessel was captured by Allied forces and used as a troopship carrier, before being decommissioned and transferred to France in partial payment for war reparations in June 1946. Refitted at Le Havre and Saint-Nazaire, the vessel made her maiden voyage to New York as the Liberté under CGT ownership in August 1950. The ship remained in service until 1962 and was scrapped the following year
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