'le Soldat inconnu; le choix Soldat inconnu, le 10 novembre 1920, a 3 heurs de l'apres-midi, a la citadelle de Verdun: le soldat Auguste Thin, du 132e, designe le corps en deposant quelques fleurs sur la biere; derriere lui, le delegue du gouvernement, M Maginot, ministre des Pensions, mutile de guerre', 1920. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

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