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Boulevard du Maréchal Foch 1

Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

(Tarbes 1851 - Paris 1929)
French soldier, military theorist, and writer, served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in 1918
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
1929

Description

Bronze plaque with a portrait of Foch with in the background Séléstat and the Vosges.

Inscription(s)

hommage
au
MARECHAL FOCH
1851-1929

au dessus de l'individu il y a: la nation,
au dessus de l'homme: la morale,
au dessus de la guerre: la paix

foch.

Cette plaque fut apposée le 12 Mai 1929
jour de la Fête Nationale de Jeanne d'Arc

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 48°15'30" - E 7°27'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fral015; Photograph: 16 April 2012
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