INDOCHINA Nice set of patents and documents related to Mr. Louis Victor Destais, inspector of the Indigenous Guard including : - important patent of the medal of honor of the native guard awarded to Victor Louis Destais principal inspector of 1st class. Made in Hanoi on November 9, 1929. 50 x 74 cm (Restorations of the paper and the border on the right part). - Patent of officer of the imperial order of the Dragon of Annam. Made in 1933 bilingual in part handwritten, marked with the seal of the emperor, registered on May 24, 1933. 43 x 54 cm - Patent of the Kim-Khanh on yellow paper decorated with friezes of dragons enriched with gold spangles with inscription and stamp. 27 x 32 cm - its mimeographed translation for the decoration of the Kim-Khanh of 2nd class with head of the protectorate of Annam and Tonkin. - great patent of knight of the royal order of Cambodia. Bilingual, made on April 15, 1934. 50 x 65 cm - Patent of Oriental Languages (for the Annamite language 1st degree) of the general government of Indochina. On vellum. Done in Saigon on August 18, 1910. A.B.E. Small folds. History: Destais was appointed on November 9, 1929 by the Superior Resident of Cambodia (circular postal note n°277 BM of November 14, 1929, available on the site "france phaleris"). Victor Louis DESTAIS (1880-1951), born in Quimperlé, began his career in the Navy. Appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1934, he was then a senior inspector of the Indochina Native Guard.