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Description: | whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned upper left, in black. The text is integrated
and positioned across the bottom edge, in brown and in black. All set against a light brown background.
image: a demobilized French soldier in civilian clothes, but still wearing his army helmet, carries a sledgehammer in his right hand and an
oversized crowing cockerel over his left shoulder. In the background, a spade and a pickaxe lean against a ruined wall.
text: JOURNÉE DES RÉGIONS LIBÉRÉES
AUGUSTE LEROUX
DEVAMBEZ . IMP . PARIS.
APRÈS LA VICTOIRE, AU TRAVAIL !!
AIDEZ-NOUS
VISA No. 16402
[Liberated Regions Day. Devambez Printers, Paris. After victory, to work!! Help us.]
The cockerel, known as the 'Coq Gaulois' is the national symbol of France. This came about because the Latin word
'gallus' means both 'Gaul' and 'rooster'. Since 1848 the Gallic Rooster has appeared on the official seal of the
Republic.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | emblems Animals postWW1 France 1919-38 Military Personnel FR.O Inter-War reconstruction / repair workers civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Devambez Imprimerie, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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