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Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Émile-Just Bachelet
1925

Coutances / Monument aux morts de 1914-18

Description

Large stone monument showing two soldiers under the wings of a guardian angel holding a laurel wreath in each hand and a sword in the right.

Coutances - Monument aux Morts de 1914-18

Inscription(s)

la VILLE de
COUTANCES
a ses ENFANTS
MORTS pour la
FRANCE

Signature

e.j. bachelet | statuaire
a. le dault | architecte

Coutances - Monument aux Morts de 1914-18

Memorial - list of names

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Sculptor

Émile-Just Bachelet (Nancy 1892 - Aix-en-Provence 1981), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikimanche, Monument aux morts de Coutances.
Université de Lille, Les monuments aux morts, France-Belgique.

Locatie (N 49°2'37" - W 1°26'38") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn079; Photograph: 5 August 2015
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