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Description: | Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, 1870-1871 and Captain Larrett Lamalignie. A die, uniface. Inscription. 'LE CAPTAINE LARRET LAMALIGNIE VIEUX MARIN INTR�PIDE LORSQU'IL APPRIT AU FORT DE MONTROUGE QUE LA FAMINE OBLIGE PARIS A SE RENDRE PR�F�RE LA MORT PLUTOT QUE DE QUITTER SON VIEUX CANON 29 FEV 1871.' (Captain Larret Lamalignie, a brave old sailor, as soon as he learnt at Fort Montrouge that famine compelled Paris to surrender, preferred death sooner than desert his old gun, 29 February 1871.)
caption: Medal die commemorating the siege of Paris, 1870-1871 and Captain Lamalignie; obverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals dies (tools) Captd Lamalignie | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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