A golden platter: an unusual depiction of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, King Albert I of Belgium, and King George V of Great Britain, France's allies in its battle against Germany, a new sun wearing a French kepi.
Ceux qui combattent sous le petit képi françaisLoyauté Courage Fidélité DisciplineRussie Belgique AngleterrePlateau d'orEMuller 1914FranceLa France présente a l'humanité notre soleilJ. Picot, éditeur, ParisThose who fight under the little French kepiLoyalty Courage Fidelity DisciplineRussia Belgium EnglandGolden Plate EMuller 1914FranceFrance presents to humanity our sunPicot J., publisher, Paris
"The French losses on the 16th, 17th, and 18th June amount to 100,000 men; the result obtained — nil."
Diary entry by Albert, King of the Belgians on June 29, 1915. French Commander Joseph Joffre had called off the Second Battle of Artois, the greatest source of the casualties the King refers to, on June 25. The French wanted to incorporate the Belgian Army into their own. Albert, his men holding a small corner of Belgium behind fields the Belgians had inundated during the Battle of the Yser, kept his troops independent, and argued for the French to attack elsewhere along their front and farther from his country.
The War Diaries of Albert I King of the Belgians by Albert I, page 48, copyright © 1954, publisher: William Kimber
1915-06-29, 1915, June, Albert, King Albert, Second Battle of Artois
