Checked content

File:Philippe Pétain received his marshal's baton in 1918, Metz, France.jpg

Description
Deutsch: Philippe Pétain erhält am 8. Dezember 1918 den Marschallstab von Präsident Raymond Poincaré und Premierminister George Clemenceau auf der Esplanade in Metz.

Offiziersränge von links nach rechts: General Joseph Joffre; General Maxime Weygand; General Douglas Haig; General John J. Pershing; General Cyriaque Gillain; General Alberico Albricci; Lieutenant General Józef Haller. Mitte: Marshal Philippe Pétain.

Im Vordergrund rechts (von links nach rechts: Präsident Raymond Poincaré; Premierminister George Clemenceau.
English: Philippe Pétain received his marshal's baton from French President Raymond Poincaré and Prime Minister George Clemenceau on the Esplanade garden in Metz, the 8th December, 1918.

Last rank on the left (from left to right): General Joseph Joffre; General Maxime Weygand; General Douglas Haig; General John J. Pershing; General Cyriaque Gillain; General Alberico Albricci; Lieutenant General Józef Haller. Centre: Marshal Philippe Pétain.

On the right (from left to right): President Raymond Poincaré; Prime Minister George Clemenceau.
Date 9 December 1919
Source Original publication: Le Petit Parisien newspaper, 9th December 1919.
Immediate source: Official website of the French National Library http://www.bnf.fr/en/tools/lsp.site_map.html
Author unknown
(Life time: 8th December 1918)


Public domain This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1923.

Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
User comments gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), default quality

More information

Schools Wikipedia was created by children's charity SOS Children's Villages. SOS Children helps those who have nothing and no one, giving them back the famly they have lost and bringing them the very best opportunities for a happy, healthy future. Help another child by taking out a sponsorship.