France, The Launch of the Jean Bart, 1950, a bronze medal by G. Guiraud, bust of Jean Bart right, ship at right, rev. battleship sailing left, 68mm (CGMP p.880; cf. BDW 2, 311). Tiny obverse rim nick at 12 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine (£20-30)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Maritime Medals.

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Jean Bart (1650-1702), the ‘corsair of Dunkerque’, was a formidable figure in Louis XIV’s navy in the wars with England and Holland