Vintage Bronze Medal Medallion SS Colombie Cruise Liner & USA WW2 Troop Ship

A Vintage, 1931
French
Solid Bronze Inauguration Medal
By Marcel Renard
The Original Box Of Issue Is Detailed
"Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Colombie - Ligne des Antilles"

The Medal Bears The Words
"Mer Carabie - Compagnie Generale Transatlantique - French Line - Linea Francesa - 'COLOMBIE'"

The item measures approx; 5.9cm in diameter.
97.6g in weight.
Very good general condition, as shown.
Will be sent in the original box of issue, also as shown.

 The S.S. Colombie was inaugurated in 1931 and spend the years before World War Two, plying her trade as a merchant ship for the French shipping company CGT. 
She was converted into an armed merchantman at the onset of World War Two before being seized by the U.S.A. in 1943.
She spent the remaining war years as a troopship and then a hospital ship (renamed the Aleda E. Lutz).
The end of the war saw the Columbie returned to the "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique."
She was scrapped in 1974.   

Please take a look at the photos as they form part of the description.

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