Nobel Peace Prize 1926
Photo: Henri Manuel. Nobel Foundation archive
Aristide Briand
Prize share: 1/2
Photo: Alexander Binder. Nobel Foundation archive
Gustav Stresemann
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Peace Prize 1926 was awarded jointly to Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann "for their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty"
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