E-auction 434-346081 - fco_688804 - TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES 1 Franc 1924 Paris

TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES 1 Franc 1924 Paris VF

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Estimate :	20 €
Price :	8 €
Maximum bid :	9 €
End of the sale :	09 August 2021 16:33:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 1 Franc

Date: 1924

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 3471591

Metal : bronze-aluminium

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

Lec.11 - KM20/2

Obverse

Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE / 1924.

Obverse description : Marianne à gauche, portant le bonnet phrygien et couronnée de lauriers.

Reverse

Reverse legend : .TERRITOIRES . SOUS . MANDAT . DE . LA . FRANCE. / TOGO / 1 - FR..

Reverse description : trois palmes dressées liées par un ruban.

Commentary

Territoire sous protectorat allemande depuis 1884, une opération militaire franco-britannique obligea les allemands à capituler en août 1914.
En 1919, un mandat de la Société des Nations (SDN) partage le Togo en deux zones, la française (l’est appelé le «Togo français») et la britannique (l'ouest appelé le «British Togo»)..
A territory under German protectorate since 1884, a Franco-British military operation forced the Germans to capitulate in August 1914. In 1919, a mandate from the League of Nations (LN) divided Togo into two zones, the French (the east called \\\"French Togo\\\") and the British (the west called \\\"British Togo\\\").