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Description: | Medal commemorating the navigator Louis Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) and the destroyer 'Bougainville'. Obverse: Bust of the navigator Bougainville in a wig (left). Legend: 'BOUGAINVILLE . . 1729-1811.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the destroyer under steam. Legend: 'MARINE . NATIONALE . FRAN�AISE.' (The French National Marine.) Inscription, below: 'AVISO BOUGAINVILLE POUR CAMPAGNES LOINTAINES LANC� A BORDEAUX LE 21 AVRIL 1931' (The destroyer 'Bougainville' for distant campaigns launched at Bordeaux 21 April 1931).
caption: Medal commemorating the navigator Louis Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) and the destroyer 'Bougainville'; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the navigator Louis Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) and the destroyer 'Bougainville'; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Bougainville 1931 (French) Bougainville medals Com Louis Antoine | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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