France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie' France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie' France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie' France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie' France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie'

France: Colonial Medal (Medaille Coloniale). 1st type Paris Mint 'Premier Type' with bi-face wreath suspension & 2 x clasps (Grand Mission & agrafe types) 'Centre Africain' & 'Cote D'Ivorie'

Medal is of the first type with poincons / hallmarks including 'Sanglier' 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 type in the ornate 'Grand Mission' &' 'Agrafe' styles. The 'Centre Africain' Grand Mission clasp is of the official Paris Mint type, this with Paris Mint 'Cornucopias' logos with numeral '1' between (issued from 1913). The 'Cote D'Ivorie' clasp is of the official style by Parisan maker 'Marie-Aubert', this latter with 'Sanglier' poincon on border face of clasp, and makers mark stamped on the clasp backstrap

Centre Africain (Central African): This 'Grand Mission' clasp was instituted on 28 May 1902 in respect of several expeditions carried out in Central Africa in the period 1897-1900, the different expeditions & mapping, fighting & traversing different routes across Haut-Oubanghi, Bahr el Gazal (Southern Sudan) and Tchad

Cote D'Ivorie (Ivory Coast): The clasp was instituted by decree dated, 24 September 1895, and awarded for qualifying service in various specified missions and operations conducted in Ivory Coast between 1893 to 1900. The clasp was made obsolete in 1910, when it was replaced by the more generic 'Afrique Occidentale Francaise' clasp

Condition: Toned about EF

Code: 21481