France, Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis, the Launch of the Henri Poincaré, 1953, a bronze medal by Aleth Guzman [-Nageotte], bust of Henri Poincaré left, rev. ship sailing right, 50mm (cf. BDW 9, 799). Good very fine (£30-40)

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

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Jules-Henri Poincaré (1854-1912), Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Sorbonne in Paris, the leading French mathematician of his day and the originator of algebraic topology