France, Fourth Republic (1946-1958) - Indochina War (1946-19 - Lot 318

France, Fourth Republic (1946-1958) - Indochina War (1946-1954). Historical memorabilia of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982), circa 1950. His model 46 police cap for Médecin Général des troupes coloniales, in dark blue wool with amaranth piping. Two five-pointed stars and a tinned brass anchor attached to the front left side. Manufacturer's marking in white on the inner cap, size 58. Worn (age-related wear and patina, small moth hole. Provenance: family estate of Physician General 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.