Monument to the German defeat in CompiEugne, 1940
War memorial on the occasion of the French reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine after the First World War in Compiugne. A fallen eagle lying on the ground (German Reich) is pierced by a sword (France). The inscription reads: Aux heroiques soldats de France defenseurs de la patrie et du droit glorieux liberateurs de l'Alsace et de la Lorraine (For the heroic French soldiers, defenders of the fatherland and the law, glorious liberators of Alsace-Lorraine)
Picture No
13537374
Media ID
48262570
Size
3522px x 4958px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only - No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1940
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Agreement Alsace-lorraine Armistice Compiegne Defenders Droit Fatherland Glorious Heroic Liberators Lorraine Memory Patrie Picardie Pierced Reclamation Remembrance Soldats
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