Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsLot 481inaugural voyage from LaHarve to New York in 1935.H140SPIRIT. Sunrise below.Lot 480This is one of Fairbanks’ most popular medals. It has sometimesbeen used as a presentation piece to honor some particularcourageous conduct. We even know of an instance where itwas inset in the tombstone of a young man who courageouslypersevered through many years of a debilitating illness. (G)481. THE OCEAN LINER, NORMANDIE, 1935. 68.5mm. Bronze.Jean Vernon, Sc. (Paris Mint). Uncirculated. Obverse with astanding female figure of Normandie with her hands upraised infront of a prancing horse with the tail of a fish. The reverse depictsthe Normandie with an inscription in the exergue detailing herThe Normandie was the greatest and most luxurious liner built bythe French Line. Her career was shortened due to WWII, but sheis deemed to be the archetype of the transatlantic liner. The medalis an outstanding example of the Art Deco style. Of all the variousocean liner medals, this is undoubtedly the most popular. (G)482. MAIDEN VOLAGE OF THE OCEAN LINER, “VILLED’ALGER”, 1935.. 67.6mm. Bronze. Raymond Delamarre,Sc. (Paris Min: Cornucopia BRONZE edgemark.) ChoiceUncirculated, Housed in its original round cardboard boximprinted: COMPAGNIE/ GENERALE/ TRANSATLANTIQUE“VILLE D’ALGER”/ 1935. Obverse with a rider in Ottoman attireon a prancing horse gazing upon the Port of Algiers. DATED 18301935 in the exergue. Reverse: COMPAGNIE/ GENERALE/TRANSATLANTIQUE above map showing Algiers and Marseilleand the ocean liner moving to the right. At bottom: ‘VILLED’ALGER’ 1935. A stunning Art Deco medal!There is also a very similar (and much more common) medal that