The Collection of Art Déco Medals formed by Paul Fellerman

FRANCE, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Lancement de SS Ville d’Alger, 1935, an Art Déco bronze medal by R. Delamarre, berber on rearing horse to left above a view of the port of Algiers, rev. liner to right, maps of the ports of Marseille and Algiers in background, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 150.84g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.54, 51; cf. MDC e5, 282; cf. Gadoury e39, 609; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1337; cf. DNW 249, 1259). Trifling edge nicks, otherwise good very fine £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Déco Medals formed by Paul Fellerman.

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The SS Ville d’Alger, built at Saint-Nazaire and launched in 1935, was commissioned especially for the cross-Mediterranean run from Marseille to Algiers, a journey routinely completed in under 20 hours. Requisitioned by the army in 1940 and employed in the evacuation of Dunkirk, the vessel subsequently fell into German hands in 1943 and was scuttled in August 1944. Rebuilt in 1945-7, it then resumed service to Algiers before being sold by the company in 1966; the vessel was broken up in 1969