STC312515 Juliette Dodu is pardoned for her great bravery by Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia in 1870, from \'The Illustrated War News\', 1914 (litho) by Delahaye, Ernest (1853-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Juliette Dodu (1848-1909) was a legendary heroine of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and the first woman to be awarded the Legion of Honor; Dodu had intercepted Prussian telegraph transmissions and given them to the French authorities, thus helping to hinder the German advance on Paris; after her capture by the Prussians and trial for espionage, she was pardoned by Frederick Charles of Prussia , known as the \'Red Prince\', who shook her by the hand and said it was \'an honour to meet so brave a woman\';); The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright.