France, 1920's. Historical memorabilia of Physician General - Lot 288

France, 1920's. Historical memorabilia of Physician General Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). His uniform as a Navy Lieutenant Physician - Cap, model 1911, for an ensign of the 1st class. Dark navy blue woolen cap, embroidered cannetille insignia. Dark navy blue cloth headband with gold ribbed lieutenant's rank band. Short black patent leather visor edged with a black leather trim. Black patent leather chinstrap with slides. Black satinette inner cap and black waxed leather sweatband with gold hatmaker's mark "Mon VENDOME 218 COURS St JEAN BORDEAUX". Sweatband has been annotated in felt pen to indicate provenance. Worn. (Tray stained and one moth hole) - Tunic in fine navy-blue wool cloth, fastened straight with two rows of five buttons, with epaulet expectations in gold piping and sequins, and lower sleeves with amaranth velvet facings and lieutenant ranks in flat gold piping. Inner lining in black satinette. Worn - Shirt in fine white cotton canvas with three buttons, one breast pocket and a white cotton thread-embroidered étalinguée navy anchor near the collar. Worn - Coat in fine navy blue wool cloth, fastened straight with two rows of six buttons, epaulet expectations in gold piping and sequins, lieutenant's rank in flat gold piping attached to amaranth velvet at the bottom of the sleeves. Black sateen lining. Worn - Officer's trunk repainted antique gray. 40 x 70 x 35 cm. (Accidental wear and tear, good condition). Provenance: family estate of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Secondary education at Lycée Descartes in Tours (37000), then obtained a certificate in physical, chemical and natural sciences at the Tours medical school (1914-15). Voluntary enlistment in the fleet crews (1915-1918), nurse seaman in 1918. Admitted to the Ecole principale du service de santé de la marine et des colonies in Bordeaux (1919) and appointed 1st class medical officer in January 1923. Served in Equatorial Africa, promoted to Physician Major in 1933. War College 1935-37. Promoted to medical lieutenant-colonel on March 25, 1940. After the Allied landing in Tunisia, Operation Torch, on November 8, 1942, he was appointed director of the health service of the Constantine marching division (Welvert division) and promoted to medical colonel on March 25, 1943. After the victory in Tunis, he was appointed Director of the 9th Colonial Division's Medical Service, to help set up the expeditionary corps that landed in France in 1944. In 1944, he continued to serve in West Africa, as director of public health services for the Dakar district. From 1946 to 1947, he was director of the health department of the Senegal-Mauritania division. Appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Poitiers military subdivision, then medical inspector for Indochinese civilian manpower in France (1948-1950). Appointed General Medical Officer on April 1, 1950. In 1953, Director of the Public Health Service in E.F.A. and of the troops of the E.F.A. Cameroon group. In 1957, transferred to the Reserve cadre.