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Ref: 2383
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France,
SS France launched 1962, bronze-gilt medal by J H Coeffin, issued
1967, in box of issue, scarce
Obv: bust left of Marianne on the ocean waves, wearing the cap of Liberty, firmament of
stars around her, ELLE POURSUIT SON ESSOR TECHNIQUE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL
around (She follows her technical economic and social path)
Rev: view of the SS France, "France" 1962 above, LE
HAVRE NEW YORK French Line below, COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE around
Condition: About as struck, attractive; Diameter: 53mm
Notes: The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (known as the French Line in
the anglophone world) commissioned the liner France in 1956, and her
maiden voyage to New York
was in February 1962. She was to serve as a luxury cruise liner between Le Havre and New
York until the mid-1970s, when commercial air
travel made her economically unviable. She was sold to Norwgian Cruise Line
in 1979 and renamed the SS Norway. Her demise began in 2003
following a boilerroom explosion, and she was finally broken up in an Indian
scrapyard in 2008.
Price £40
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The medal box lid