'Le Baton de Petain; Sur l'esplanade de Metz, le 8 decembre 1918: Le president de la Republique adresse une allocution au marechal Petain, auquel il va remettre le baton de commandement', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

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