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Damvillers
Meuse
Lorraine

Place du Maréchal Gérard

Étienne Maurice Gérard

Damvillers 1773 - Paris 1852
French general and statesman
(Wikipedia)

Louis Nicolas Jaley
1858/1950

Description

Marble statue.

Inscription(s)

Comte E.M. GERARD
Marechal de France
1773 - 1852

Annotation

In 1858, a bronze statue was placed. This statue was taken by the Germans in the First World War. In 1950 a marble statue was placed on the original socle. This statue was acquired from the museum in Versailles.

Sculptor

Louis Nicolas Jaley (Paris 1802 - Neuilly-sur-Seine 1866), French sculptor of Nancy (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

1916 - 2006 : sur les traces de la Grande Guerre, L'enlèvement des statues de Damvillers.

Locatie (N 49°20'35" - E 5°23'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo004; Photograph: 12 June 2011
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