Treaty of Versailles Signers.

WILSON, Woodrow; David Lloyd George; Luis Botha; Jan Smuts; Alfred Milner; George Barnes; Arthur James Balfour.

Item Number: 22025

Set of  signatures on a creme folio sheep by several world leaders related to the Treaty of Versailles. The signers include: President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of State Robert Lansing, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, South African Prime Ministers Jan Smuts and Louis Botha, British Secretary of State for War Alfred Milner, British Minister without Portfolio George Barnes, United States diplomat Edward M. House, who adds an inscription and date, “Paris, April 28, 1919” and Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. A unique set of signatures. Matted and framed, which measures 15 inches by 23.5 inches.

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties. Although the armistice, signed on 11 November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21 October 1919.