PAQUEBOT "NORMANDIE" and COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE - Lot 307

PAQUEBOT "NORMANDIE" and COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE - 1935 Extremely rare red enameled Transatlantique train plaque, in the shape of a coat of arms, domed and crossed across with a white stripe with the globe and "Cie Gle TRANSATLANTIQUE" in red. Raised on the red background "French Line". Executed by Lémaillo gravure Paris Émaillerie Alsacienne à Strasbourg". With three hanging holes 50 x 48 cm (some enamel chips and missing parts) Bibliography : * These 1935 plates were hung on the special trains booked by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from Paris to the Le Havre ferry terminal. * Filmed in Jean Vivié's extraordinary color film "A bord du Normandie", shot in August 1939 during the last crossing of the Normandie liner.