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obverse design : Generalissime Joseph Joffre, head, left profile. Below the head, at base of design, a horizontal laurel branch and at
lower left edge "J.Joffre 1915" indented in sloping script
obverse text : "GENERALISSIME JOFFRE"
reverse design : Victory, facing right, holding a flag, marked "HONNEUR ET PATRIE 1914 1915", in her left hand and a sword in her right.
She hovers above a French 75 mm field gun, Model 1897, a wreath adorning its barrel and a cock standing on its right wheel. Above the gun's
trail the date "1914" and below the barrel "1915"
reverse text : "POUR.LE.DROIT.ET LA.LIBERTE"
Association - event: Frankenhuis, see Documentation, states that this medallion commemorates 'the victory of the
Marne' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Joffre FR.A portrait / personification Western Front & 1914 = 1915 (see Notes) commemorative First World War Joseph Jacques Cesaire | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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