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design : Gallia, half-length naked figure facing left, wearing helmet adorned with Gallic cock. She holds the flags of the Allied powers in
her left arm and a sword in her right hand. The sword's blade is thrust between the open beak of a crowned German eagle which lies on its
back before her, its talons in the air. In the background the rays of an obscured sun and organised around a semi-circle various signs of
the Zodiac. Around the upper edge of the semi-circle text
text : "POUR LE DROIT DES PEUPLES" & "1914" (above Gallia's right shoulder) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Allegory First World War & 1914 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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