Medal Rene Duguay-Trouin Lieutenant General Of Naval Forces Corsair Medal

Description

90- tir74
Bronze medal from the Monnaie de Paris (Cornucopia hallmark from 1880).
Minted in 1987.
Beautiful copy.
Engraver / Artist / Sculptor
: Henry Dropsy
.
Dimensions
: 68 mm.
Weight
: 174 g.
Metal
: bronze
.
Hallmark on the edge:
cornucopia + bronze + 1987
.
Quick and neat delivery.
The stand is not for sale.
Support is not for sale
René Trouin, Sieur du Gué, dit Duguay-Trouin, born June 10, 1673 in Saint-Malo and died September 27, 1736 in Paris, is a French privateer. Born into a family of shipowners from Saint-Malo, he began his career in 1689 and, in 1691, received command of a ship. His courage, the respect he gained from his men, as well as his victories against the English and the Dutch during the last two wars of Louis XIV ensured him a very rapid rise in the maritime hierarchy. Its campaigns are among the most beautiful in French naval history.
He climbed very quickly, thanks to his talent and his pugnacity, all the levels of the military hierarchy: captain of a privateer ship at 18, captain of the King's vessels at 24, Knight of the Order of Saint-Louis at 34, ennobled at 36, squadron leader at 42. He sat at the age of 50 in 1723 on the Council of the Indies, he was appointed lieutenant general of the naval armies in 1728, to end up commanding successively the ports of Brest in 1731 and Toulon in 1736. Three main phases stand out in this military career. First of all, from 1689 to 1697, the Corsair period. Then, from 1697 (the year he received his commission as Commander) to 1713, he sailed as a senior officer of the Royal. Finally, after the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht (April 11, 1713) which brought peace to Europe, Duguay-Trouin devoted himself to command on land.
It is estimated that a little over eighty the number of fights and boardings in which Duguay-Trouin participated or that he led from 1689 to 1711, that is to say on average nearly seven clashes per year. It is of course impossible to give a detailed account of it here, but we can rely on the account of the Memoirs of Duguay-Trouin to enter into the issues of naval warfare at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Duguay-Trouin's career took place over the last two wars of Louis XIV: the War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713). Two long, bitter conflicts of global scope, where the kingdom of France finds itself alone (or almost) on land and at sea against all its neighbors leagued against it. Two conflicts where France had to support an immense naval effort against the two naval powers of the time: Holland and the kingdom of
It is estimated that a little over eighty the number of fights and boardings in which Duguay-Trouin participated or that he led from 1689 to 1711, that is to say on average nearly seven clashes per year. It is of course impossible to give a detailed account of it here, but we can rely on the account of the Memoirs of Duguay-Trouin to enter into the issues of naval warfare at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Duguay-Trouin's career took place over the last two wars of Louis XIV: the War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713). Two long, bitter conflicts of global scope, where the kingdom of France finds itself alone (or almost) on land and at sea against all its neighbors leagued against it. Two conflicts where France had to support an