Georges BEGUET (1884-1952) - Lot 39

Georges BEGUET (1884-1952) Rectangular bronze plaque for the Rallye Méditerranée Niger - Centenary of Algeria 1830 - 1930 Attributed to Marquis Armand Marie Joseph IHTIER HORRIC de la MOTTE St GENIS Crew N.8 on Bugatti Type 40 1500cm3, number 31 - Chassis N. 40812 - with co-driver Dr. LECLERE Signed by sculptor Georges BEGUET, Grand Prix Artistique de l'Algérie 1924. Janvier-Berchot hallmark. In an Arhus Bertrand Cie case. 8x6cm Notes : Bugatti Type 40 #40812 was specially designed and bodied for the centenary of French Algeria, for the second Saharan Rally - Algeria - Niger - which took place between February and March 1930. It was delivered to Paris on February 1, 1930 with the number plate 1650-WWF, before obtaining its definitive number plate 5837-EG, presumably in the hands of Marquis Armand Marie Joseph IHTIER HORRIC de la MOTTE St GENIS. Built like pick-up trucks, the three Bugatti cars entered in this rally drove through the dunes in the footsteps of Lieutenant Loiseau, who had already achieved this feat the previous year, in 1929. Following the Raid du Sahara 1930, #40812 was delivered to Monsieur Robert Henri on November 19, 1930. Bibliography : G. MERCIER, Le centenaire de l'Algérie, Editions P. G.Soubiron, 1931, Tome 1er, illustrated p. 204 H.G. CONWAY, Bugantics, A travers le Sahara en Bugatti, 1965, vol. 28, issue N. 4, pp. 15-17 P. ESCANDE, Les Médailles d'Algérie: l'histoire de l'Algérie de 1830 à 1962 racontée par les médailles, 1996, figure 381 R. RUEDAS, Médailles de l'outre-mer français, Éditeur Victor Gadoury, 2020, Figure 313, illustrated p. 459 Literature : Lieutenant LOISEAU, À cent à l'heure à travers le Sahara, Edition La Liberté, 1929 Lieutenant LOISEAU, Dix personnalités de l'automobile nous disent... Shell oils brochure, circa 1930, pp. 22-24