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Monument Charles Simonet

Mons 1872 - Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek 1915
Belgian resistance fighter, shot by the Germans

Gust Jacobs
1927

Description

Sculpture of a mourning woman (it is not clear to us).

Inscription(s)

CHARLES SIMONET

1914-1918
CHARLES SIMONET

du service de renseignements (british intelligence)
ne a mons le 26 septembre 1872
fusille par les allemands au tir national de
bruxelles le 6 novembre 1915
pour avoir refuse de denoncer ses chefs
et de divulguer les secrets en sa possession

Signature

JACOBS 109

Sculptor

Gustave (Gust) Jacobs (1891 - 1986), Belgian sculptor.

Sources & Information

vzw Statua, Standbeelden.be (site doesn't exist anymore).
Sculpture Publique en Belgique, Mons.
Bel-Memorial, Mons - Monument à la mémoire de Charles Simonet.
Jeux de piste sur Mons, Monument Charles Simonet.

Locatie (N 50°27'2" - E 3°56'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: beha027; Photograph: 14 October 2017
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