Medal
Henri Dropsy (1885 - 1969)
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1918
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
50 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Strasbourg
Order this imageCollection
Bateman's, East Sussex
NT 760688
Summary
A bronze medal cast to celebrate peace; one side cast with dismounting French cavalryman being welcomed by a woman and with the words 1870 - 1918 NEC DESPERAVERUNT, the other with two women in traditional costume flanked by three French infantrymen in greatcoats and steel helmets and the words STRASBOURG 22 NOVEMBER 1918
Full description
Medal by Henri Dropsy (1885-1969) commemorating the end of the First World War and the French re-occupation of Strasbourg on 22 November 1918. The Latin text on the reverse is translated as 'They did not despair'. Source: Imperial War Museum, London
Marks and inscriptions
1870 - 1918 NEC DESPERAVERUNT and STRASBOURG 22 NOVEMBER 1918
Makers and roles
Henri Dropsy (1885 - 1969), sculptor