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Description: | BRONZE
whole : description : MODEL
piece : obverse design : soldier, French infantryman, standing, facing right, head slightly lowered, in steel helmet, greatcoat and full
kit. His left foot rests upon a fallen German frontier post marked "DEUTSCHESREICH". In the right background is a frontier post marked
"FRANCE"
piece : obverse text : "RETOUR DE L'ALSACE ET DE LA LORRAINE A LA FRANCE"
piece : exergue : "11 NOVEMBRE 1918"
piece : reverse design : Marianne, half-length figure facing right, in Phrygian cap, welcoming two women, wearing traditional costume, who
personify, respectively, Alsace and Lorraine
prefixed by small leaf-shaped mark
Association - event: see Notes to MED/826 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Armistice & Alsace and Lorraine German Evacuation of & (after) 11/11/1918 commemorative | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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