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Medals Related to Navigation, France, The Launch of the Battleship Richelieu, 1941, a silver medal by G. Guiraud, bust of Armand du Plessis left, reverse battleship right, engraved in field (Challenge Annie Rouanet, 1949, 2eme Prix), 68mm (CGMP p.200; cf. DNW 45, 974). Minor knocks on reverse, otherwise very fine, rare in silver (£60-80)

Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), principal minister of Louis XIII