Caption on reverse [translation]: "[Written in margin]. [...] since he had been unable to reconcile [...] and the hopes of former Prime Minister Tardieu. The French political world will thus be again faced with a difficult cabinet formation and it is difficult to forsee the future. Photograph: Lavar recently entering the National Assembly."

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Transmission of Individual's Photograph. 1. Pierre Laval (No. 2,491). French Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior."