E-auction 355-268988 - fco_572889 - CAMEROON - TERRITORIES UNDER FRENCH MANDATE 1 Franc ‘Cameroun Français Libre’ 1943 Prétoria
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| Estimate : | 25 € |
| Price : | 14 € |
| Maximum bid : | 14 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 February 2020 16:33:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : 1 Franc ‘Cameroun Français Libre’
Date: 1943
Mint name / Town : Prétoria
Quantity minted : 3000000
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,58 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAMEROUN FRANÇAIS LIBRE.
Obverse description : coq à gauche, écu avec inscription RF.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HONNEUR - PATRIE / 1943.
Reverse description : motto LIBERTE.EGALITE / .FRATERNITE. ; croix de Lorraine et valeur faciale 1 - Fc.
Historical background
CAMEROON - TERRITORIES UNDER FRENCH MANDATE
(1919-1945)
The 1884 treaty, which delivered Cameroon to the Germans, was confirmed by the Congress of Berlin the following year. Gustave Nachtigal occupied the new colony. In 1911, in order to resolve the Moroccan crisis, France ceded part of the Congo to the Germans, which was attached to Cameroon. The territory had an area of 761,000 km2 and was populated by 2.5 million inhabitants in 1914, including 2,000 whites. At the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919), Cameroon, which had been occupied since 1916 by the Franco-British, became a mandate entrusted to the French. Cameroon is one of the first territories to join Free France on August 27, 1940. At the end of the war, the mandate is transformed into trusteeship and Cameroon obtains its internal autonomy in 1958 and its independence on January 1, 1960.
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