Joseph Gallieni
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Joseph Simon Gallieni was a French military officer, active for most of his career as a military commander and administrator in the French colonies where he wrote several books on colonial affairs.
Gallieni in 1910
The final assault on Toubacouta, Mahmadu Lamine's stronghold, in 1887
Execution of two Malagasy officials under order of General Gallieni
Frieze of Gallieni near the Rova of Antananarivo in Madagascar
Marshal of France
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Marshal of France is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, which is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements.
Joseph Gallieni
…Joseph Joffre (formerly his subordinate, earlier in their careers), during the German attack on Verdun. He died later that year and was made Marshal of France posthumously in 1921. Gallieni was born in 1849 at Saint-Béat, in the department of Haute-Garonne, in the central Pyrenees. He was of Corsican and…
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Modern-day baton, belonging to one of the four Marshals of France appointed after World War II (Leclerc, de Lattre, Juin, and Kœnig)
Pre-revolutionary marshals' batons in the Musée de l'Armée