The Fourteen Points Reverse

In a speech delivered to the US Congress on January 8, 1918, Wilson’s Fourteen Points laid out a series of diplomatic and territorial aims to conclude the war and ensure lasting peace once the Central Powers were defeated. Among these points was the establishment of an association of nations, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France (see no. 10), and the effective break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A dove of peace, wings spread, holding onto tablet on which is written: 12./FEBR/ 1918 and 4 points, representative of Wilson’s additional Four Points; behind tablet and dove, the scales of justice; around: DENS PROGRAMM WELTFRIE (“Program of World Peace”).