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Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 bust-length photo of Patton in uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To my friend and teacher…G. S. Patton, Jr., Lt. Gen.," with the recipient's name, "General Koechlin Schwartz," filled out in a secretarial hand. In very good to fine condition, with the signature a shade light, some old adhesive residue in the borders, and some light silvering to darker areas of the image.
French General Koechlin-Schwartz was one of Patton's instructors in tank handling in Langres, France, during the First World War. As recorded in The Patton Papers, Koechlin-Schwartz once told him: 'The poorer the infantry, the more artillery it needs; the American infantry needs all it can get.' An unexpected reunion with the general is reported in Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago: 'He was highly flattered when a French general praised him.for his bold off-beat maneuvers. He was General Koechlin-Schwartz…who now told him at an unexpected reunion in Brittany, 'Had I taught 25 years ago what you are doing, I should have been put in a madhouse. But when I was told that an Allied armed division was heading for Brest, I knew it was you!''
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