American Toby Jug Museum 

General Foch character jug designed by Caroline Dadd and modeled by Robert I. Tabbenor, and produced by Royal Doulton of Burslem, England, in a 2007 limited edition of 100 commissioned by UK International Ceramics. Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Marshal of France, was responsible perhaps more than any one man for the ultimate victory in World War I. Joining the French army in 1871, he served in the Franco-Prussian War. With the onset of World War I Foch was given command of the Ninth Army during the Battle of the Marne, where he led the French counter-attack. He was subsequently promoted and given command of the Northern Army on the Western Front. In this position he led the unsuccessful Somme offensive in 1916, after which he was transferred to the Italian front. Recalled from Italy in 1917 and made Chief of the General Staff in April, 1918, Foch was given overall control of the Allied forces, serving as Allied Supreme Commander, frequently conflicting with General Pershing over the disposition of U.S. forces. Foch stopped the advance of the German forces during the Second Battle of the Marne and mounted the counter-attack that turned the tide of the war. Foch accepted the German surrender in November, 1918. Following the conclusion of the war Foch played a major advisory role at the Paris Peace Conference. The French flag, the "Principles of War" book, and a military map form the handle of the jug.