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Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Jean-Georges Achard
Andro Fondeur (Paris)
1923

Le Cateau-Cambrésis / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Bronze sculpture showing a mourning France (as a woman with flag and laurel wreath), with in front of her a dead soldier. On the back side a relief showing a battle with a tank.

Inscription(s)

aux
ENFANTS du CATEAU
MORTS
POUR LA PATRIE
1914 - 1918

Signed: J.G. Achard 1923 (3x)
andro Fondeur Paris

Sculptor

Jean-Georges Pierre Achard (1871-1934), French sculptor

Sources & Information

Statues et Monuments de la Région Nord Pas-de-Calais, Monument aux Morts 1914 - 1918 Ville de Le Cateau-Cambrésis.

Locatie (N 50°6'24" - E 3°32'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp015; Photograph: 23 May 2011
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