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(Square Rhin et Danube)

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny

Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Vendée 1889 - Paris 1952
French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War
(Wikipedia)

Pierre Turin
date?

Description

Wall with relief coat of arms and a plaque with bronze relief portrait of De Lattre de Tassigny.

Inscription(s)

On the wall:

premiere armee française

rhin et danube

soldats vainqueurs vos enfants apprendront
la nouvelle epopee que vous doit la patrie
berlin le 9 mai 1945 jean de lattre

Below the portrait relief:

JEAN DE LATTRE
DE TASSIGNY

marechal de france

ne pas subir

Signed (medaillon): Pierre TURIN

Sculptor

Pierre Turin (1891-1968), French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Chemins de mémoire, 02_Laon - monument de Lattre de Tassigny.

Locatie (N 49°33'59" - E 3°37'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi030; Photograph: 26 May 2011
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