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FIRST WORLD WAR FIRST WORLD WAR - Set of 6 menus (POINCARÉ, GEORGE V, WILSON...). - Menu for the meal of the Franco-British Interparliamentary Committee on February 24, 1916 (probably at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1 f. in-4, framed by Le Clerc engraved by Stern. - Menu for the meal of the Comité parlementaire d'action à l'étranger on October 20, 1916 (probably at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1 f. in-4, framed by Le Clerc engraved by Stern. - Menu for the meal offered to President POINCARE by King GEORGE V on July 10, 1917 in Abbeville. Cardboard (12 x 18.5 cm) illustrated in color with gold highlights, British and French flags and laurel wreath, menu handwritten in blue ink, laminated on card stock, small marginal stain at bottom, handwritten note in pencil at top. King George V, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, met Mr. and Mrs. Poincaré at the British Officers' Club in Abbeville, during a VISIT ON THE FRONT. - Menu for the lunch taken by President Poincaré on December 8, 1918, on the train taking him from Strasbourg to Metz during his trip to Alsace and Lorraine. Cardboard (13.5 x 20 cm) printed in blue and red with the emblem of the Compagnie des wagons-lits. A few days after the signing of the Armistice, this trip confirmed the reintegration of Alsace and part of Lorraine within French borders. Council President Georges CLEMENCEAU, Marshals FOCH, JOFFRE and PETAIN took part. - Menu for the meal offered to GEORGE V on December 9, 1918 at the Château de Lophem (Belgium). Cardboard (12 x 18.5 cm) illustrated in color with gold highlights, British and Belgian flags and laurel wreath, menu handwritten in blue ink, pasted on card stock, small marginal stain at bottom. The British King and his two sons, the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, stayed at Lophem Castle near Bruges on December 9 and 10, 1918. They inspected the troops and visited Lille, Ypres and Zeebrugge. - Menu for the luncheon offered by the President of the Republic, Raymond Poincaré, to the President of the United States, Woodrow WILSON, on December 14, 1918 at the Élysée Palace. Marque-place menu from the Présidence de la République, folded cardboard (11.5 x 19.5 cm unfolded) with gold edging, with the gilded presidential monogram and the name of the guest - M. le Contrôleur général Mauclère - handwritten on the front, and the printed menu on the back, minor soiling on the front. After the Armistice, President Wilson went to Paris to attend the Peace Conference in early 1919. This was the first time a sitting American president had visited a foreign country during his term of office. As soon as he arrived in Brest on December 13, 1918, he received a warm welcome from the people. Paris was decked out in American colors. At the 1919 Peace Conference, he obtained the creation of the League of Nations. That same year, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in its creation.
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FIRST WORLD WAR FIRST WORLD WAR - Set of 6 menus (POINCARÉ, GEORGE V, WILSON...). - Menu for the meal of the Franco-British Interparliamentary Committee on February 24, 1916 (probably at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1 f. in-4, framed by Le Clerc engraved by Stern. - Menu for the meal of the Comité parlementaire d'action à l'étranger on October 20, 1916 (probably at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1 f. in-4, framed by Le Clerc engraved by Stern. - Menu for the meal offered to President POINCARE by King GEORGE V on July 10, 1917 in Abbeville. Cardboard (12 x 18.5 cm) illustrated in color with gold highlights, British and French flags and laurel wreath, menu handwritten in blue ink, laminated on card stock, small marginal stain at bottom, handwritten note in pencil at top. King George V, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, met Mr. and Mrs. Poincaré at the British Officers' Club in Abbeville, during a VISIT ON THE FRONT. - Menu for the lunch taken by President Poincaré on December 8, 1918, on the train taking him from Strasbourg to Metz during his trip to Alsace and Lorraine. Cardboard (13.5 x 20 cm) printed in blue and red with the emblem of the Compagnie des wagons-lits. A few days after the signing of the Armistice, this trip confirmed the reintegration of Alsace and part of Lorraine within French borders. Council President Georges CLEMENCEAU, Marshals FOCH, JOFFRE and PETAIN took part. - Menu for the meal offered to GEORGE V on December 9, 1918 at the Château de Lophem (Belgium). Cardboard (12 x 18.5 cm) illustrated in color with gold highlights, British and Belgian flags and laurel wreath, menu handwritten in blue ink, pasted on card stock, small marginal stain at bottom. The British King and his two sons, the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, stayed at Lophem Castle near Bruges on December 9 and 10, 1918. They inspected the troops and visited Lille, Ypres and Zeebrugge. - Menu for the luncheon offered by the President of the Republic, Raymond Poincaré, to the President of the United States, Woodrow WILSON, on December 14, 1918 at the Élysée Palace. Marque-place menu from the Présidence de la République, folded cardboard (11.5 x 19.5 cm unfolded) with gold edging, with the gilded presidential monogram and the name of the guest - M. le Contrôleur général Mauclère - handwritten on the front, and the printed menu on the back, minor soiling on the front. After the Armistice, President Wilson went to Paris to attend the Peace Conference in early 1919. This was the first time a sitting American president had visited a foreign country during his term of office. As soon as he arrived in Brest on December 13, 1918, he received a warm welcome from the people. Paris was decked out in American colors. At the 1919 Peace Conference, he obtained the creation of the League of Nations. That same year, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in its creation.
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