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L’armistice

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The signing, on November 11, 1918
Signature, in the wagon, by the representatives of the belligerents. On the left, the German delegation.

armistice-signature

Painting (by Maurice Pillard Verneuil) representing the signing of the 1918 armistice in the lounge car of Marshal Foch.
From right to left, General Weygand, Marshal Foch (standing) and British Admirals Wemyss and Hope (seated), German Minister of State Erzberger (in dark coat, from behind), Royal Navy Captain Marriott (standing in background), Generalmajor Winterfeldt of the Deutsches Heer (with spiked helmet), Count Oberndorff of the Foreign Office (in light coat, hat in hand), and Kapitän zur See Vanselow of the Kaiserliche Marine (bareheaded in background).