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Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

(Tarbes 1851 - Paris 1929)
French soldier, military theorist, and writer, served as general in the French army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in 1918
(Wikipedia)

Firmin Michelet
1926

Bouchavesnes-Bergen / Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

Description

Bronze statue on a large pedestal.

Inscription(s)

LE
MARECHAL
FOCH
prise de
bouchavesnes
par les
troupes britanniques
le 1^er septembre 1918
le maréchal FOCH
c^t en chef des armées
alliées
offert
a la commune
de
BOUCHAVESNES
BERGEN
par
m^r haakon. j. wallem
(de bergen norvege)
prise de
bouchavesnes
par les
troupes françaises
le 12 septembre 1916
le géneral FOCH
c^t le groupe d'armées
du nord

Bouchavesnes-Bergen - Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

Sculptor

Firmin-Marcelin Michelet (Tarbes 1875 - Tarbes 1951), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

e-Monumen.net, Monumen.
Canopé Académie d'Amiens, Images de Picardie.

Locatie (N 49°59'2" - E 2°54'55") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi120; Photograph: 17 October 2017
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