259 - HEADGEAR. Kepi of Medical Inspector General Emile GOURVIL, made of fine madder-red cloth, with a crimson velvet band embroidered with two rows of intertwined acanthus leaves, gold soutache and cords, a patent leather visor, and a black satin lining. 2 tiny moth holes. BE

HEADGEAR. Kepi of Medical Inspector General Emile GOURVIL, made of fine madder-red cloth, with a crimson velvet band embroidered with two rows of intertwined acanthus leaves, gold soutache and cords, a patent leather visor, and a black satin lining. 2 tiny moth holes. BE Emile GOURVIL. (1900–1973). He spent his entire career in the former colonies, including French West Africa (AOF) and Madagascar, as a physician for the colonial troops; he was appointed General Physician of the Colonial Troops in 1951, then Inspector General of the Colonial Troops in 1957, the rank to which this kepi corresponds.