Watch List notes:

France - United States. General Pershing's Visit to the Front Lines 1918. Bronze Medal (68mm., 138,32gm.) by C Pillet, Paris Mint. General Pershing and Colonel Stanton visiting the Front Lines with French Generals Petain, Foch, and Clemenceau, rev. French cockerel standing slightly l., rising sun in background. About Extremely Fine yellow/brown toning.

'Black Jack' Pershing was chosen by President Woodrow Wilson to lead the American Expeditionary Forces in France. starting in May 1917. By 1918, Pershing promised 100% co-operation with the French, increasing the American role in the ending of World War I.