FDA-A.2616-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2616-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Heroes of Verdun
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Commemorative medal of two female figures, standing together fending off the imperial German eagle wearing a crown and brandishing a sword on the obverse; three medallion profiles of General Petain, General Neville and General Castlenac and Legion of Honor on the reverse
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 68mm
depth (actual size): mmm
depth (actual size): mmm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, lower right: 'VERDUN / ON NE PASSE PAS / MCMXVI' (Verdun they shall not pass 1916)
Lettered on reverse, around busts: 'GENERAL PETAIN / GENERAL NIVELLE / GENEREL DE GURIERES DE CASTELNAU'; middle: 'A / LA CLOIRE / DES HEROS DE / VERDUN / MCMCVI' (The glory of heroes Verdun 1916)
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle right: 'C. H. PILLET'
Signed on reverse, lower left: 'CP'
Lettered on reverse, around busts: 'GENERAL PETAIN / GENERAL NIVELLE / GENEREL DE GURIERES DE CASTELNAU'; middle: 'A / LA CLOIRE / DES HEROS DE / VERDUN / MCMCVI' (The glory of heroes Verdun 1916)
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, middle right: 'C. H. PILLET'
Signed on reverse, lower left: 'CP'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Pillet, Charles, 1869 - 1960 (Medallist)
Date
1916
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
