A gift from Mr. Clemenceau

Mr. Georges Clemenceau has just offered to the city of Versailles, for the Jean Houdon museum, a ring worn by Jules Favre during the armistice that ended hostilities in 1871.
The memories associated with this jewel are quite precise. Jules Favre had it from a Naundorff who, shortly before his death, had wanted to show his gratitude to his lawyer.
When he was called to sign the armistice of January 28, rue de Provence, in Versailles, in the mansion of Mme de Jessé, Jules Favre found himself very embarrassed, the seal of the French State having remained in Paris. An article added at the last moment prescribed, in fact, that the two plenipotentiaries, Jules Favre and Bismarck, seal the act with their respective seals.
As the French minister proposed to send a secretary to Paris, Bismarck objected that the loss of time would be great and declared that he would be satisfied with the affixing of the personal seal of his interlocutor. This seal was none other than the ring that has just been given to the Jean Houdon Museum. The mayor of Versailles immediately had this historic jewel placed among the other souvenirs already given by Mr. Clemenceau and concerning the signing of the 1919 peace.