Wooden plaque with the insignia of the Prairial, a French National Navy Ship, 7 x 11 inches. The Prairial is a light monitoring frigate. She is the second ship of the Floreal class, and the second French warship named after the ninth month of the Republican Calendar. She was built in the beginning of the 1990s by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire. This was presented by Commander Bertrand Aubriol at a French-American Commemorative Reception during a visit to the port of San Diego in June 1994.