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Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Eugène Piron
A. Hollard (Paris)
1922

Trouville-sur-Mer / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Obelisk with on the top a bronze statue of a woman with a laurel wreath and a palm branch, standing on a sphere. On the front of the obelisk is a coat of arms with the number 178284

Trouville-sur-Mer - Monument aux Morts 1914-18

Inscription(s)

TROUVILLE
a ses
GLORIEVX ENFANTS
1914-1918

Signed: e. piron / 1922
A. Hollard / Fondeur a Paris

socle: e. Pachy entr.^r

Annotation

Inaugurated 10 September 1922.

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Eugène Piron (Dijon 1875 - Salon de Provence 1928), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, le patrimoine monumental français en France et à l'étranger.

Locatie (N 49°21'55" - E 0°4'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn011; Photograph: 25 May 2012
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