LAOS. France - Laos. Compagnie des messageries maritimes Bronze Medal, 1954. Paris Mint. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.

Ruedas-Marine-90. Diameter: 58mm; Weight: 104.28 gms. By R. Tschudin & J. Boullaire. Advertising Laos and the Far East private field of the company. Obverse: Laotian female facing slightly left; tropical plant to left, dragon statue to right; LAOS below; Reverse: COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, company arms. Edge : [cornucopia] BRONZE. Attractive bronze-brown surfaces, with great relief. Compare to a similar specimen in our October 2020 Hong Kong auction (lot # 43312) which realized a total of $456. The Compagnie des messageries maritimes was founded in 1851 as a French merchant shipping company, ultimately reaching its zenith between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of World War I--a period of rapid French colonial expansion. Though it had shipping operations throughout the world, the Far East had become the company's private field, with Saigon in Vietnam becoming one of its second home ports. This medal points to the Far East shipping dominion, analogous to other French art medals for passenger shipping lines and their various destination routes.

Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00

1954年法國-老撾遠東海運銅章。巴黎鑄幣廠。

直徑：58 毫米；重量：104.28 克。鑄匠：R. Tschudin 和 J. Boullaire。老撾和遠東私人領域廣告公司。正面：老撾女性面微微面左；左邊是熱帶植物，右邊是龍雕像；下面是老撾；反面：COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES，公司徵卒。邊緣：cornucopia[聚寶盆]青銅。迷人的古銅色表面，具有極佳的浮雕效果。與我們 2020 年 10 月香港拍賣（拍品編號 43312）中的類近版別相比，該品的總成交價為 456 美元。 Compagnie des messageries Maritimes 成立於 1851 年，當時是一家法國商船公司，最終在普法戰爭結束和第一次世界大戰開始之間業務達到頂峰--這是法國快速殖民擴張的時期。雖然它在世界各地都有航運業務，但遠東已成為該公司的私有領域，越南的西貢成為其第二個母港之一。這枚獎章指向遠東航運領域，類似於其他法國客運航線及其各種目的地航線的藝術獎章。