Before leaving for the Louvre, Their Majesties took part in small ceremony in which the Marquise de Lillers, President of the French Red Cross Council and of the Society to Aid Wounded Soldiers, handed to Queen Elizabeth a Red Cross Medal of Honour, awarded to Her Majesty by a special decision of the Central Red Cros Committee, on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to Paris and following the 116th International Red Cross Conference in London.
Associated with the making of the award were also Madame La Mare-cholo Lyautey, widow of the famous soldier and Ptesident of the Central Committee to Aid Wounded Soldiers; Comtesse de Galard, President of the Association of French Ladies, and Madame St. Rene Taillandier, General President of the Union of the Women of Frgnce.
All were presented to the and Queen, as were also Marechal Philippe Petain, Marechal Franchot d'Esperey, Madame La Marechale Foch, Madame La Marchale Joffre. General and Madame Weygand and General Henri Gouraud.—Reuter.
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