FRANCE: Badge of the French General Society of Maritime Transpotation
- Marseilles.
The company was formed in 1865 and operated as a bulk freighter of iron
ore from Bone to Marseilles, Sete, Algiers and Oran.
Soon it expanded in offering passenger services to South America, to the
West Indies, to the Gulf of Mexico ports and New Orleans. The company
suffered considerable losses in World War I but managed to rebuilt their
fleet. They finally ceased operations in 1964.
A rare badge by A. Augis, Lyon.
WW2 1939 - 1945
Item 100% original
Condition as on the photos
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