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Memorial Afrique française du Nord

North-African Wars Memorial

Alexandre Zentner et al.
2007

Châlons-en-Champagne / Memorial Afrique française du Nord

Description

Countour map of Africa surmounted by the Croix d'Agadez

The monument is behind the Monument aux morts 1914-18.

Inscription(s)

AUX MORTS POUR LA FRANCE

Signature

Memorial AFN Concepteurs et Artisans: Alexandre zentner, Marcel bestel, Jean-Pol zambaux, Jean-Marie blanchard, Marbrerie Marnaise

Sculptor

Alexandre Zentner (president of the Memorial AFN committee), Marcel Bestel (designer), Jean-Pol Zambaux (metal worker), and Jean-Marie Blanchard, designers and craftsmen of the AFN Memorial in Châlons-en-Champagne.

Sources & Information

Traces of War, North-African Wars Memorial Châlons-en-Champagne.
Association Républicaine des Anciens Combattants et Victimes de Guerre de la Marne, Un Mémorial de la guerre d’Algérie dans la Marne ?.

Location (N 48°57'19" - E 4°21'26")

Item Code: frca049; Photograph: 26 May 2019
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