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Description: | BRONZE
whole : description : MODEL
piece : obverse design : soldier, French infantryman, embracing a woman in Alsatian national costume. In the background French infantry
advance from left to right. At the base of design an overturned shield marked "DEUTSCH" bearing the Imperial German eagle
piece : reverse design : flag, its staff bearing the letters "RF", resting on and partly draped over a low stone pedestal. Next to the flag
a vertically positioned palm branch. Around the left edge flowers and in the right background a view of Mulhouse Cathedral and rooftops. On
one chimney, extreme right, a stork stands in its nest
Association - event: French forces captured Mulhouse on 8 August 1914. German troops regained the town on 10 August.
The French recaptured it on 19 August but finally withdrew on 28 August | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | FR.A & Armée d'Alsace Western Front & French Offensive 1914 & Mulhouse commemorative French Occupation of & 8/1914 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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