Alexander diary, 1917-1918 / Roy Alexander - Page 160
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Into a lift and then to the 1st floor (one could almost imagine oneself being shown to one's room in an ordinary hotel.) but the room was a cubicle of about 6' x 12' and containing two iron camp-beds with straw mattresses, a deal table and frosted windows.
Quite a correct cinema setting for an officer-prisoner; according to illustrated fiction dealing with this matter.
A moment later and the door again opened; a Dazzling Personage was shown in.
The D.P. was attired in a pale blue uniform of miraculous cut and fit decorated with silver wings and buttons. A row of decoration-ribbons stretched across his tunic, conspicuous being the scarlet of the Legion d'Honneur. Blue puttees to match & a jaunty brown-cloth aviator's cap completed Monsieur's toilet.