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Description: | Medal commemorating the Armistice, 1918. Obverse: Within sprays of laurel (right) and oak (left), tied with closed gun muzzles the coat of arms of the town of Compiegne. Legend: 'VILLE DE COMPI�GNE'. On scroll on arms: 'REGI ET REGNO FIDELISSIMA'. Reverse: Inscription, 'INSTALLATION DU WAGON DU MAR�CHAL FOCH AU CARREFOUR DE L'AMISTICE 11 NOVEMBRE 1927' (Installation of the coach of Marshall Foch at the cross-roads of the armistice 11 November 1927). Presented by Cmdr Walter Bagot who was present at the Armistice in 1918 and to whom the medal was given in 1927.
caption: Medal commemorating the Armistice, 1918; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Armistice, 1918; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Foch Cdr Walter medals Ferdinand Bagot | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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