Foch, Marshall of France, Great Britain and Poland, 1851 - 1929. General in command of the Army overseas, then of the Army Group. General Foch had a distinguished career throughout the First World War between 1914 and 1918. In march 1918, when the situation had become extremely grave, the Allied governments elected him Supreme Commander of all the Allied Forces: French, British, American ,Italian etc. .The result was a majestically conducted offensive campaign, which stopped the German advance on Paris, drove them out of France, and ended with his signing the Armistice on the 11 th. of November 1918. Following his appointment as Marshal of France in august 1918, Foch was presented with the baton of a Fieldmarshal of Great Britain in 1920 by King George V. In 1921, Foch made a triumphal tour of the United States at the invitation of the American Legion. During his stay in New York he received as a gift the watch now offered for sale, on the back of which is engraved the folowing inscription: Presented to Marshal Foch By Alton T. Roberts And Franklin D'Olier