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Description

Stele surrounded by human figures: on the front and on the right, four soldiers, on the left two women - one mourning and one looking out, and a boy giving a hand to the first soldier. On the back of the stele the coat-of-arms of Marche-en-Famenne, surmounted by an eagle, and the year 1921

Inscription(s)

On the front of the base "1914-1918", on the side later added "1940-1945"
At the top of the stele the words: A NOS MORTS GLORIEUX
JUSTICE LIBERTE

Signature

Sculptors

• Firmin Close, Belgian sculptor.
  
• Alexis Fivet (Jupille 1882 - Liège 1954), Belgian painter and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Tags

• Town: Marche-en-Famenne
• Provincie: Luxembourg
• Country: Belgium
• Boy
• Close, Firmin
• Fivet, Alexis
• Soldier
• War Memorial (Belgium)
• Woman (looking)
• Woman (mourning)

Location (N 50°13'41" - E 5°20'23")

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