General Eisenhower receives Dutch Sword of Honour in Washington (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Utrecht craftsmen worked for over a year to craft a special sword of honour to show Holland’s gratitude for liberation, which is coincidentally presented to General Eisenhower on his 57th birthday Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Recalling War Years in Many Lands USA: Washington, D.C.: EXT EISENHOWER Receives Sword of Honour from people of Holland. Shots of him walking with Sword SWORDS Sword of Honour presented to Gen Eisenhower from people of Holland as a token of liberation WASHINGTON. Gen Eisenhower receives sword of honour from Holland Ceremonies - Miscellaneous; Personalities - Armed Forces; Americans; The Netherlands World War II, the Second World War, WWII, World War Two, post-war, postwar, peacetime, Dwight David “Ike“ Eisenhower, five-star general, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Operation Ov