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Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Émile-Just Bachelet
1925

Neufchâteau / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Column with on the front two soldiers in half-relief, one with a gun, the other with two knapsacks, surmounted on a bas-relief of France (?) armed with a sword.

Inscription(s)

la ville de
NEUFCHATEAU
a ses
ENFANTS MORTS
pour la
FRANCE
1914 1918

verdun
la marne
g^d couronne
l'yser
la champagne

la somme
chemin des dames
montdidier
la macedoine
le rhin

On the sides of the columns lists of names. On the back side a tablet with a list of names 1939-1945.

Signed:
ch petot architecte
e j bachelet statuaire
l lelu entrepreuer

Annotation

Inaugurated 26 April 1925.

Sculptor

Émile-Just Bachelet (Nancy 1892 - Aix-en-Provence 1981), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Ministere de culture, Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel .

Locatie (N 48°21'19" - E 5°41'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo070; Photograph: 13 June 2011
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