Raynors HCA 2017-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/1/2017
Large 4-1/4” medallion of Joseph Joffre with words surrounding his profile, “Joffre, United States of America, April 25, 1917. Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931), was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He is best known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in September 1914. He sailed to the USA on the Lorraine II, landing on 24 April at Hampton Roads, where he was welcomed by Admiral Henry Mayo, commander-in-chief of the US Atlantic Fleet, Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt. He arrived in Washington the following morning, where he met Secretary of State Robert Lansing and Arthur Balfour. Joffre stayed in Washington for ten days, and addressed both Houses of Congress individually.
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