Fulani Women Medal – 1930 – Colonial Exhibition – Guinea – Signed by Émile Monier
In bronze
Weight: 109.4 g
Diameter: 58 mm
Medal created in 1930, in connection with the international colonial exhibition in Paris in 1931.
From a box of 8 medals on French West Africa.
Obverse:
Heads of Fulani women on the left, side by side, in traditional hairstyles.
Below, the inscription:
PEULHS
Signature: EMILE MONIER 1930
Clarification: The Peulhs (or Fulani) are of Egyptian origin.
Reverse:
Map of Guinea with a bunch of bananas.
Signature: EMILE MONIER 1930
Edge:
Cornucopia Hallmark (Paris Mint) + METAL-D
