Armistice after World War I

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20044379

Description

Copy of a drawing from "The War of the Nations," printed by the New York Times. The drawing is of meeting of French and German delegates on November 11, 1918, in the railway coach of Marshal Foch of France to agree on armistice terms. The Allied representatives were, left to right, General von Gundell, General von Winterfeldt, Mathias Erzberger, Count von Oberndorff, British Admiral Wemyss, Marshal Foch, an American delegate, and General Weygand. Text beneath the drawing says: "This drawing of the first meeting of the German armistice delegates with Marshal Foch and allied associates in the Marshal's railroad car at Rethondes, France, was made by an artist especially assigned by the French Government for that purpose. The allied representatives are (1) Marshal Foch, (2) British Admiral Wenyss, (3) an American delegate, probably General Rhodes, (4) French General Maxime Weygand. The German delegates are (5) Mathias Erzberger, (6) General von Guendell, (7) General von Winterfeld, and (8) Count con Oberndorff. Marshal Foch read the terms in a loud, clear voice. Conference followed, and the terms were signed Nov. 11, 1918."

Archival Date

1940-06-21

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1193

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Drawings; Delegates; World War, 1914-1918; Foch, Marshal; von Gundel, Erich; von Winterdfeldt, Hans Karl; Erzberger, Mathias; von Oberndorff, Alfred; Wemyss, Rosslyn; Weygand, Maxime; Armistice Day