First Official Type Silver Colonial Medal with Third Model Clasp of the Congo-Nile Mission Led by Commandant Jean-Baptiste Marchand
Designed by Georges Lemaire French
Struck by the Paris Mint
Manufacturer Mercier French
Not on view
This medal was probably awarded to a non-commissioned officer in recognition of his services in the Congo-Nile Mission, a French expeditionary force in Africa led by Commandant Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863–1924). The inscription “DE L’ATLANTIQUE / A LA MER ROUGE” (from the Atlantic to the Red Sea) on the clasp refers to the 14-month journey during which the mission crossed the African Continent from present-day Gabon to Djibouti.
