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whole: the title is located in the lower half, in black and red. The image is positioned above centre, with further text
placed along the top, also in black and red. All are set against a grey background and held within a golden classical-style
border.
image: a medallion image featuring Gallia wiping blood from her sword with a horse's tail.
text: COMPAGNIE DES NOTAIRES DE PARIS ET DU DÉPARTMENTS DE LA SEINE
GALLIA VICTRIX
A WILLETTE 1916
Il reste aux vivants à parachever l'œuvre magnifique des morts CLÉMENCEAU
Français! SOUSCRIVEZ TOUS AU 4ème EMPRUNT DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE
On souscrivez sans frais chez tous les Notaires
VISA 13.276
DEVAMBEZ, PARIS
[Company of Notaries of Paris and the Department of the Seine. Gallia Victrix. It remains to the living to complete the magnificent work of
the dead. Clémenceau. People of France! All subscribe to the Fourth National Defence Loan. You can subscribe free of charge at the office
of any Notary]
Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), was French Prime Minister in the later stages of the First World War, from 1917-20. He
had entered politics as a radical republican, serving as a member of the National Assembly in 1871 and becoming involved in the Paris
Commune. Clemenceau's views gradually changed, and by the time he became Minister for Home Affairs in 1906, and then Prime Minister from
1906-09, he was a confirmed right-wing nationalist.
As a war leader he was aggressive and clamped down on dissent, even accusing his pacifist Interior Minister, Louis Malvy, of treason.
Despite his strong leadership, Clemenceau lost the 1920 Presidential election because many French people believed the Versailles peace
settlement was too lenient on Germany. In fact Clemenceau had been restrained by his allies, particularly the American President Woodrow
Wilson.
Clemenceau retired from politics to write his memoirs, in which he correctly predicted that there would be another war with Germany by
1940.
VISA No. 13.276 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory Animals Georges E B Woodrow Comagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine WW1 French 4th National Defence Loan WW1 French Home Front French Home Front 1914-1918 Gallia France emblems women / womens work 4th National Defence Loan 1918 Clemenceau Home Front war loans / savings First World War civilian effort Wilson | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Comagnie des Notaires de Paris et du Département de la Seine | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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