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.
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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
Philippe Pétain
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Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain, better known as Marshal Pétain, was a French military officer who commanded the French Army in World War I and later became the head of the Axis-collaboration
Marshal of France
…Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929), Marshal of France in 1918 Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), Marshal of France in 1918 Joseph Gallieni (1849–1916), Marshal of France in 1921 (posthumous…
Pétain in 1941
Pétain in the 1880s
Pétain in 1915. Autochrome portrait by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont
Pétain, Haig, Foch and Pershing in 1918