U.S. Ambassador presents a medal to Verdun (1922)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Myron Timothy Herrick (U.S. Ambassador to France) presents the Congressional Medal of Honour to the? Full Description: FRANCE: Verdun: EXT SV dignitaries walk round corner of path and stand still, removing their hats. SV man on platform by tree reading from script. (Ambassador). SV man on platform joined by two other men. MV man below platform handing over medal(????). MV man in uniform displays medal on cushion. CU shots medal - one side shows two soldiers wrestling and the inscription “Ils ne front pas“, the other side has castle device. GV men no platform in open. Myron Timothy Herrick, dignitary, cemetery, casualties, casualty, World War I, World War 1, WWI, First World War, The Great War, war, interwar, interbellum, remembrance, honour, honoured Background: Myron Timothy Herrick (U.S. Ambassador to France) presents th