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Description: | Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'. Obverse: Bust of Commodore Piquet in a tie-wig and laced tunic (three-quarter right). Legend: 'G . DE LA MOTTE-PICQUET . CHEF D'ESCADRE . 1720-1791.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the cruiser. Inscription, below: 'CROISEUR LAMOTTE-PIQUET LANC� A LORIENT LE 21 MARS 1924.' (The cruiser 'Lamotte Picquet' launched at Lorient the 21st March 1934.)
caption: Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating Commodore de Lamotte Picquet and the cruiser 'Lamotte Piquet'; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Lamotte Picquet 1934 (French) medals Commander Lamotte Picquet Lamotte | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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