Album of silver photographs of Commander René Hervet's first - Lot 263

Album of silver photographs of Commander René Hervet's first stay in Indochina from 1932 to 1935. The photographs in this album retrace the commander's departure on the Désirade from Marseilles on September 2, 1932. The stages are : - Singapore - Saigon - Hanoi and the flooding of the Red River in September 1932 - Annamite burial; Kep's great maneuvers. - Visit to a laboratory of Emperor Bao Dai (1913 - 1997), thirteenth and last monarch of the Nguyen dynasty. - Banteay Srei temple after anastylosis Enclosed is a duplicate of the scroll appointing Mr. René Hervet, commander of the 3rd R.M.C of Battambang, as Officer of the Royal Order of Sahamétrei, dated December 8, 1951, by His Majesty the King of Cambodia. (tear)