FDA-A.2608-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2608-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
The Prisoner's of War's Clothing
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Medal of soldier seated on a rock, bent over writing on his knee on obverse; with inscription on the reverse
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 70mm
width (actual size): 41mm
depth (actual size): 4mm
width (actual size): 41mm
depth (actual size): 4mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, middle right: 'Forain'
Lettered on reverse: 'LE VÊTEMENT / DU PRISONNIER / DE GUERRE / FONDÉ EN DÉCEMBRE 1914 / À CEUX / QUI L'ONT CRÉÉ / À CEUX / QUI L'ONT AIDÉ' (Clothes for the prisoners of war, founded in December 1914, to those who have created it, to those who have rendered assistance)
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, lower left corner: 'MAX BLONDAT D'APRES FORAIN'
Lettered on reverse: 'LE VÊTEMENT / DU PRISONNIER / DE GUERRE / FONDÉ EN DÉCEMBRE 1914 / À CEUX / QUI L'ONT CRÉÉ / À CEUX / QUI L'ONT AIDÉ' (Clothes for the prisoners of war, founded in December 1914, to those who have created it, to those who have rendered assistance)
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, lower left corner: 'MAX BLONDAT D'APRES FORAIN'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Date
1914
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
