Ship And Eagle: Seen It Before

Thanks spence.
I did also some search, but found nothing.
But I did find these:
Looks like a polish eagle. But the stars are strange in the combination with the eagle and ship.
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17634.html
https://www.NGCcoin.com/price-guide...-duid-129956
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8101.html
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...s/39671.html
But the sailing ship here has no 3 masts
Search goes on...

That eagle, with that triple-pointed "republic" crown, is definitely Polish and it's official use by Poland is definitely limited to two time periods: the "Second Republic" 1918-1939 and "Third Republic" (1989-present). On that basis, these medals cannot be older than 1918. I'd also suspect they are older than 1989, making them either a Second Republic era souvenir or a product of the Polish diaspora during the Nazi and Communist periods.

As for the sailing ship, I have a suggestion that might fit this time period. The Polish Navy training ship Dar Pomorza did a round-the-world tour in 1934-35, the first time a Polish naval vessel had ever made such a voyage and for many places the first time a Polish ship had ever visited those ports. Now, a single sailing ship doing a world tour may seem like a fairly small deal to countries such as the US, which sent an entire Great White Fleet of battleships out on world tours at around the same time, but it seems to have been somewhat of a source of national pride for Poland - to the extent that the ship was featured on the 2 zlote and 5 zlotych circulating commemorative coins of 1936.

So these crude little medals may have been souvenirs made for sale to visitors of the ship at one of their ports of call. If one of these medals turned up in Belgium and the other in France, I'd presume it was from a visit of this ship to a port somewhere in that part of Europe.

Nice research and a pretty plausible explanation!

The crowned eagle is the Piast eagle which goes way back on Polish coins, but had a rather long rest during the period that the Polish state was non-existent, so indeed, it's appearance on modern, milled coins places it in the ranges indicated.

I hope this helps.

From Google Gemini (abbreviated):
During her historic 1934-1935 circumnavigation—the first round-the-world voyage by a Polish vessel—the sail training ship ***Dar Pomorza*** visited the following major port in chronological order:

### **Europe & Atlantic Passages (1934)**

1. **Copenhagen, Denmark** *(Sept 18-19, 1934)*
2. **Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain)** *(Oct 16-22, 1934)*
3. **Mindelo, São Vicente (Cape Verde)** *(Oct 28-29, 1934)*

### **The Caribbean & Panama Canal (1934)**

4. **Fort-de-France, Martinique** *(Nov 13-15, 1934)*
5. **Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic** *(Nov 19-20, 1934)*
6. **Cristóbal, Panama** *(Atlantic entrance to Panama Canal; Nov 27, 1934)*
7. **Balboa, Panama** *(Pacific exit of Panama Canal; Dec 1-4, 1934)*

### **Pacific Ocean Crossing (1934-1935)**

8. **San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)** *(Dec 10, 1934)*
9. **Honolulu, Hawaii (USA)** *(Jan 13-18, 1935)*
10. **Yokohama, Japan** *(Mar 1-8, 1935 — first visit by a Polish ship to Japan)*
11. **Osaka, Japan** *(Mar 14-17, 1935)*
12. **Nagasaki, Japan** *(Mar 21-23, 1935)*

### **East Asia, Southeast Asia & Australia (1935)**

13. **Shanghai, China** *(Mar 26, 1935)*
14. **Hong Kong** *(British Hong Kong; Apr 6-12, 1935)*
15. **Singapore** *(British Malaya; Apr 22-25, 1935)*
16. **Batavia / Jakarta, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)** *(Apr 27, 1935)*
17. **Broome, Western Australia** *(May 9-12, 1935)*

### **Indian Ocean & Africa (1935)**

18. **Port Louis, Mauritius** *(June 3-10, 1935)*
19. **Durban, South Africa** *(June 18-26, 1935)*

### **South Atlantic & Return to Europe (1935)**

20. **Jamestown, Saint Helena** *(British Overseas Territory; July 11-12, 1935)*
21. **Georgetown, Ascension Island** *(British Overseas Territory; July 16, 1935)*
22. **Antwerp, Belgium** *(Aug 19-23, 1935)*
23. **Malmö, Sweden** *(Aug 27-30, 1935)*