Honour Gallery

Les Diables Bleus - 21st Regiment of the Chasseurs Alpins

Les Diables Bleus - the 21st Regiment of the Chasseurs Alpins. A platoon on a mountain path by a stream. Pierre Comba (1859-1934). Pierre Comba Dedicated Himself To The Representation Of The French Military, In Particular The Chasseurs Alpins, Nicknamed Les Diables Bleus'. Indeed At The Time Of The Great War, Comba'S Watercolours Were Being Reproduced As Postcards To The Glory Of The Blue Devils. Pierre Was A Member Of The Society Of Military Painters And Of The French Alpine Club And He Was A Recipient Of The Palmes Acad魩ques (An Honour From The French Government For Outstanding Achievements In The Arts Or Literature). He Was Also Deeply Involved In Charities Dealing With Soldiers In Nice And In The Region (Alpes-Maritimes)

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Allied Military Leaders receive Legion of Honour Grand Croix

Allied Military Leaders - WWII era. General Gamelin, Commander-in-chief of the Allied Armies; General Sir Edmund Ironside, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff; General Viscount Gort, British Commander-in-Chief and General Georges, French Commander-in-Chief in the North-East, after the ceremony in which the British Generals received the Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour in 1946. Date: 1946

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Sophonisba taking poison to avoid humiliation by Rome

Sophonisba, a Carthaginian noblewoman, daughter of Hasdrubal Gisco Gisgonis, takes poison when her husband Syphax, King of the Masaesyli (or western) Numidians, is defeated by Massinissa, leader of the Massylian (or eastern) Numidians. Massinissa marries her, but she wishes to avoid the humiliation of being forced to take part in a triumphal procession in Rome, so she accepts the poison from Massinissa himself, whose fear of the Romans is stronger than his love for her

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