President Paul Doumer's vehicle pennant, tricolor, with bifacially embroidered initials "PD" and edged with gold fringe (minor wear, foxing). Height 38.5 cm - Width 48.5 cm With a tricolor inauguration ribbon. Note: Doumer Joseph Athanase, known as Paul (1857 - 1932), of modest origins, obtained his primary school leaving certificate and began an apprenticeship as a messenger and engraver, but continued his studies, obtaining his baccalauréat in science in 1876 and becoming a mathematics teacher. He campaigned for education for all. He had eight children, four of whom died for France in the First World War and one of whom was a member of the Resistance in the Second. He was elected to the French parliament in 1888 and became chief of staff to the president of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1895, he became Minister of Finance, then Governor General of Indochina from 1897 to 1902. A senator in 1912, he was elected President of the Senate in 1927, before becoming President of the Republic in 1931. During the inauguration of an exhibition organized by the Association des écrivains combattants, he was the victim of an assassination attempt and died as a result of his injuries, receiving a state funeral. Provenance: Mr. Louis DUTHOIT (1901-1966), police inspector in charge of official trips by French presidents in the 1950s and Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Then by descent to the current owner.