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Saint-Quentin
Aisne
Picardie

Place du 8 Octobre 1870

Roi Albert Ier de Belgique

King Albert I of Belgium

Brussel 1875 - Marche-les-Dames 1934
King of Belgium, 1909-1934
(Wikipedia)

Ernest Diosi
Susse Frères (Paris)
1936

Saint-Quentin / Roi Albert Ier de Belgique

Description

Bronze statue in front of a wall with the Walloon Cock and the Flemish Lion.

Inscription(s)

ALBERT 1^er

hommage av roi albert i^er
en commemoration dv sacrificié heroiqve
DE LA BELGIQVE
av debvt et pendant la gverre et
en temoignage de reconnaissance envers
le pevple belge
povr l'accveil fraternel qv'il a reserve
avx evacves dv departement de l'aisne.
ce monvment a ete eleve grace a la generosite
des popvlations française et belge dv departement
le 12 jvillet 1936

Signed: E. Diosi / 1936
susse f^res fond^rs paris
cire perdue

Plaque: fonderie cooperative / des artistes = paris

Sculptor

Ernest-Charles Diosi (1881-1937), French sculptor.

Locatie (N 49°50'32" - E 3°17'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi003; Photograph: 24 May 2011
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