Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1920 — Few Saw Historic Act. [ARTICLE]

Few Saw Historic Act.

When the great seal of the French republic was affixed to the peace treaty, thereby validating the signatures of President Poincare and M. Louis Nall, minister of justice and keeper of the great seal, only a few privileged high officials attended. The seal, somewhat larger in size than a silver dollar, shows on one side the seated figure of the republic with the inscription, “French Republic, Democratic, One and Indivisible.” On the other side are the words, “In the Name of the French Republic,” surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves encircled by the republican device, “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.” The seal is Imprinted by means of a handworked stamping machine, nsembllng a letter copying press. ~ 0 — ' f -