Medal commemorating Joseph Antoine Raymond Bruny, Chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) and the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'

Medal commemorating Joseph Antoine Raymond Bruny, Chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) and the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'. Obverse: Bust of M D'Entrecasteaux in a tie-wig (right). Legend: '1737-1793 . D'ENTRECASTEAUX.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux'. Legend: 'MARINE . NATIONALE . FRANÇAISE.' Inscription, below: 'AVISO D'ENTRECASTEAUX LANCE A PORT-DE-BOUC LE 7 JUIN 1931'. (The destroyer 'D'Entrecasteaux' launched at Port-de-bouc 7 June 1931.)

Object Details

ID: MEC2174
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mouroux-Martin, Anie
Vessels: D'Entrecasteaux (1931)
Date made: 1931
People: Bruny-D'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm
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