FDA-A.2618-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2618-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
The Woman During the War
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Medal of a female figure holding a fallen soldier on overse; with a seated female figure holding a gravestone on the reverse
Description
Dimensions
diameter (actual size): 59mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
depth (actual size): 5mm
Inscription
Lettered on obverse, upper edge: 'LA FEMME PENDAT LA GUERRE'; on banner: 'SACRIFICE'
Lettered on reverse, upper middle: 'SES VERTUS'; on gravestones: 'COURAGE / TRAVAIL / CHARITE / DEVOUEMENT / ABNEGATION'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, lower left: 'H. Allouard / 1918'
Signed on reverse, lower right: 'H. Allouard / 1918'
Lettered on reverse, upper middle: 'SES VERTUS'; on gravestones: 'COURAGE / TRAVAIL / CHARITE / DEVOUEMENT / ABNEGATION'
Lettered on edge, with cornucopia hallmark: 'BRONZE'
Signed on obverse, lower left: 'H. Allouard / 1918'
Signed on reverse, lower right: 'H. Allouard / 1918'
Materials & techniques note
Bronze
Production
Person
Allouard, Henri Emile, 1844 - 1929 (Medallist)
Date
1918
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.1065-2020 (associated object)
