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Dreux
Eure-et-Loir
Centre

Place Métézeau

Monument aux morts de 1914-18

War Memorial 1914-18

Charles Walhain
1921

Description

Stone statue of a soldier and an allegorical woman, at the back the coat of arms of Dreux. On the pedestal the French rooster in bronze and a poem by Paul Eyssavel.

Inscription(s)

a la gloire des enfants
de la ville et dv
canton de drevx
morts
povr la france
1914 1918

Edifié par souscription du Comité de Dreux du Souvenir Francais

Signed: Ch. Walhain 1921
(rooster:) ch. walhain

Sculptor

Charles-Albert Walhain (1877- 1936), French scullptor and painter.

Locatie (N 48°44'9" - E 1°22'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce002; Photograph: 29 August 2011
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