France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' medal with bi-face wreath suspension. With 2 x clasps (clapets) 'Senegal et Soudan' & 'Algerie'

Medal is of the first type with poincons ' hallmarks including 'Sanglier' mark on double sided wreath suspension

The medal with Paris Mint 'Cornucopia' logo, and word 'Argent' (silver) indented on rim of medal

The silver clasps are of the official Paris Mint 'Clapet' type. The clasps with multiple poincons / hallmarks on both clasp faces, and on the hinged clips of the clasps

Senegal et Soudan (Senegal & Sudan): The clasp was instituted by decree dated, 6 March 1894, and awarded for qualifying service in various specified missions and operations conducted in the Senegal and Sudan regions of Africa between 1833 to 1900. The clasp was made obsolete in 1907, when it was replaced by the more generic 'Afrique Occidentale Francaise' clasp

Algerie (Algeria): The clasp was instituted on 6 March 1894, in respect of service in Algeria in the periods 1827-1847 (the formal colonization of Algeria) and various specified punitive expeditions between 1871-1906

Condition: GVF

Code: 21478