This is an original metal identification / key tag from the engine room of the SS Normandie (French Line / Compagnie Générale Transatlantique)Identification breakdown
• PAQUEBOT NORMANDIE = Ocean liner Normandie
• Ship silhouette in the center matches the Normandie’s distinctive profile
• SALLE DES MACHINES = Engine Room / Machinery Spaces
• LE HAVRE = Home port
It is not a passenger cabin key fob. Those exist and are marked differently (usually cabin number + CGT / French Line). This one is departmental — used in the engine room for key control, tool checks, or crew locker identification.• Built 1932, entered service 1935, Le Havre–New York run
• Largest and fastest passenger ship in the world at the time (turbo-electric propulsion)
• Seized by the U.S. in 1941, renamed USS Lafayette, burned and capsized at Pier 88 New York in February 1942 while being converted to a troopship
• Raised and scrapped 1946–1947
These tags are scarce. Most surviving Normandie small metal items are passenger cabin keys or decorative pieces. Engine-room departmental tags rarely surface.
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