Signing of the Locarno Treaties, 1925 (b/w photo)

London, England, Great Britain The Locarno Treaties were signed at a final session in the Foreign Office in London. In the main contract signed on December 1, 1925 in London (Rhineland pact) the German empire, France and Belgium were bound to respect the western German borders and the demilitarized Rhineland zone, agreed upon in the contract of Versailles, with Great Britain and Italy acting as guarantors. The photo shows on the back long side of the table: the Ministerial Director of the Foreign Ministry Carl von Schubert (left), Reich Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann (2nd from left), Reich Chancellor Hans Luther, the Italian Foreign Minister Vittorio Scialoja (right) Unterzeichnung der Locarno-Verträge, 1925