CHT191844 Souvenir of the Franco-Russian Alliance, illustration from \'Le Petit Journal\', 16th September 1893 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: commemorates naval visits in Cronstadt, 1891 and in Toulon, 1893; also a banquet at the Hotel de Ville in Paris; Dual Alliance was a political and military pact that developed from friendly contacts in 1891 to a Military Convention in 1892 and a formal Treaty in 1894;); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.