MISSION ALGER - CHAD 1929 - Lot 30

MISSION ALGER - CHAD 1929 Silver cigarette case 1st title of the Mission Alger - Tchad 1929, bearing the four autograph signatures of Prince Sixte de Bourbon, Prince Gaétan de Bourbon, J. de Neufbourg and de Béarn. Hallmark of master silversmith J. SIMONET. 28, Avenue Marceau - Paris VIIIe 8.5 x 8cm In a case decorated with a ducal crown. Notes : The Algiers - Chad 1929 mission left Algiers on January 26, 1929 on DELAHAYE 10CV cars. H.R.H. Prince Sixte de Bourbon-Parme (1886-1934) was mission leader, accompanied by H.R.H. Prince Gaétan de Bourbon-Parme (1905-1958), Count Jean-Philippe Artus Courtin de Neufbourg (1896-1933), and Count Hector de Galard-Brassac de Béarn (1886-1983). Literature : Journal de Mission Alger - Tchad "Au cœur du Grand Désert", published by Prince Sixte de Bourbon and his Capitaine de Corvette Hector de Béarn, published in 1931.