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France, Governor-General Éboué, 1944, a bronze medal by M. Delannoy, bust left, rev. head of an African female above a map of Tchad, message from de Gaulle in three lines below, 68mm (CGMP p.131; cf. DNW 35, 605); Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931, a plated electrotype of the rev. of the medal by E.-P. Blin for Teterger, two elephants vis-à-vis, elevation of the Expo pavilion above, 68mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.50, 44; cf. DNW 50, 1313) [2]. About very fine and better (£40-60)

Felix Éboué, French Colonial administrator and supporter of Charles de Gaulle; secretary-general of Martinique, 1932; became the first black governor of Guadeloupe, 1936; governor of Tchad, 1938; appointed governor-general of French Equatorial Africa, 1940