 In 1935 at last, after having been decorated with the military medal of the Colonial Medal of Madagascar and having been elevated to the rank of Knight of the Medal of Anjouan of the Comores, he settles in the valley of Saint-Germain.He stays there until February 26, 1945, when at age 77 he was admitted to the hospital of La Flèche.He died there the following March 2.