France, IIIrd Republic (1870-1940) and IVth Republic (1946-1 - Lot 303

France, IIIrd Republic (1870-1940) and IVth Republic (1946-1958). Souvenirs of Médecin Général Roger CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). His decorations: - A breastplate with 23 decoration recall ribbons. - Commemorative medals for the Great War 1914-1918, complete with ribbon. Complete with ribbon - Combatant's Cross complete with ribbon - Officer's Star of the Black Star of Benin, silver-plated and enamelled. (Chipped enamel on the green foliage, as is) - Colonial medal in silver by G. Lemaire. Silver hallmark 1st title of the Paris mint. Complete with ribbon and three bars: "TUNISIE", "AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANCAISE" and "EXTREME ORIENT". (Good condition). - Two "Peace and Labor" Physical Education Medals, bronze, complete with ribbon. - "Combattants de moins de Vingt ans" Association Cross, enamelled bronze, complete with ribbon. - "ORIENT" Commemorative Medal, bronze, complete with ribbon. - French Far East Expeditionary Corps Commemorative Medal, bronze, complete with ribbon. - Médaille d'honneur des épidémies " Ministère de l'Hygiène épidémies ", silver, nominative " CHENEVEAU 1926 " complete with ribbon - Médaille d'honneur des épidémies " Ministère des Colonies épidémies ", silver, nominative " M. CHENEVEAU 1946", complete with ribbon. - Étoile d'officier de l'ordre national du mérite, enameled gilt metal, complete with rosette ribbon. (Good condition). - Croix de la confédération Européenne des anciens combattants, enameled gilt metal, complete with ribbon. (Good condition). - Two "École de la Légion d'Honneur" buttonhole badges, enameled brass. (Good condition). Attached are a few pieces of ribbon from various decorations and two epaulette expectations in gold cannetille and sequins on a navy-blue cloth background. (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 physician 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 physician 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.