In the foreground, to the right, already decorated, a non-commissioned officer whose right leg has been amputated is looking at the photographer. He belongs to the 37th infantry or artillery regiment; the figure is visible […]
- 08 -222014
Les Invalides during the Great War, tenth episode : presentation of decoration in the main courtyard
- 08 -182014
Les Invalides during the Great, ninth episode : war Romanian ambulances in the main courtyard
On 15 September 1916, in front of a large number of people, among whom was the President of the French Republic, Raymond Poincaré, a pope (an Orthodox catholic priest) ceremoniously blesses the ambulances offered by […]
- 08 -152014
Les Invalides during the Great War, eighth episode : english ambulances in the main courtyard
On 20 July 1915, in the main courtyard of the Hôtel des Invalides, Great Britain offered 90 motor ambulances to France. The President of the French Republic, Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934) went in person to pay […]
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