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Description: | BRONZE
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obverse design : woman, robed, sitting facing right, money in her lap. Standing facing her an old man, a woman holding a child and a young
girl. Their hands reach out towards the seated figure and appear to drop coins into the folds of her cloak, above lap. In the background a
column of troops winds its way into the distance and at the base of the design the date "1915"
obverse text : "JOURNEE FRANÇAISE - SECOURS NATIONAL"
reverse design : Gallic cock, standing facing left upon an oak stump. In the left background a many chimneyed industrial complex and in the
right background a cornfield. The design is surrounded by a wreath made from two sprigs of laurel
reverse text : "PATRIE" (upper edge) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | French Home Front & Day of National Help & 1915 children commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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