Medal, Commemorative
- Title:
- Verdun On ne Passe pas
- Object Name:
- Medal, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 1920.010.02
- Creator:
- Pillet, Charles (1869-1960)
Sculptor - Place of Origin:
- France
- Date:
- 1916
- Description:
- Medal, World War I, French, bronze, 1916. Obverse: symbolic figures in relief, including eagle with sword, with words "VERDUN / ON NE PASSE PAS / MCMXVI"; sculptor's name, "CH. PILLET", on right. Reverse: relief portraits of three French generals, laurel wreath, and words "A / LA GLOIRE / DES HEROS DE / VERDUN / MCMXVI". Stamped on edge, "BRONZE".
- Material:
- Metal
Bronze - Dimensions:
- D-0.1 Dia-2.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Edward Tuck when he was living in Paris.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edward Tuck
- People:
- Tuck, Edward (1842-1938)
- Subjects:
- World War I, War, Eagle, Swords, Laurel wreath
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