Belgian Congo 10 Francs banknote 1959
Central Bank of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi
Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
Centrale Bank van Belgisch Congo en Ruanda-Urundi
Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
Centrale Bank van Belgisch Congo en Ruanda-Urundi
Obverse: Portrait of Black soldier (Belgian colonial army - Force Publique).
Reverse: Antelope among trees in African savanna.
Watermark: Giraffe's head.
Printer: Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.
Belgian Congo banknotes - Belgian Congo paper money
1955-1959 Issue
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The Force Publique (French for "Public Force") was a gendarmerie and military force in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1885, (when the territory was known as the Congo Free State), through the period of direct Belgian colonial rule (1908 to 1960). After independence, the FP was retitled as the Congolese National Army or ANC.