1931 - Lot 13

1931 Exposition coloniale internationale Paris 1931. - Official guide (deluxe edition). Text by A. Demaison and illustrations by P. Commarmond. Paris, Editions Mayeux, 104 pages. Square format (dimensions: 20.7x20.7 cm). Illustrated softcover (folds). - Promenade à travers l'exposition coloniale, Paris 1931. Paris, Braun & Cie. Booklet of 24 postcards (complete). - 2 commemorative bronze medals made for the exhibition: TONKIN and COCHINCHINE; Diameter: 59 mm (minor wear). Unsigned (perhaps a LINDAUER model). The Cochinchine medal engraved with a roaring tiger's head and on the reverse a young itinerant merchant in ao daï. The Tonkin medal engraved with a phoenix and on the reverse a young Tonkinese woman in front of a perfume burner.