Marshal Foch
Medal
ca. 1918 (made)
ca. 1918 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This medal representing Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) is made by Georges-Henri Prud’homme, in France in ca. 1918.
The reverse shows the railway carriage no. 2419D, in a woodland setting at Rethondes in the forest at Compiegne, near Paris, where Marshal Foch signed the Armistice in 1918 with the Germans. He was elected to the Academie-français in 1920.
Prud'homme (1873-1947), medallist and sculptor was a pupil of Alexandre Falguière and Alpheé Dubois. He was arwarded Legion of Honour in 1923.
The reverse shows the railway carriage no. 2419D, in a woodland setting at Rethondes in the forest at Compiegne, near Paris, where Marshal Foch signed the Armistice in 1918 with the Germans. He was elected to the Academie-français in 1920.
Prud'homme (1873-1947), medallist and sculptor was a pupil of Alexandre Falguière and Alpheé Dubois. He was arwarded Legion of Honour in 1923.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Marshal Foch (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Medal, bronze, portrait of Marshal Foch / Railway carriage at Rethondes, by Georges-Henri Prud’homme, French, ca. 1918 |
| Physical description | Obverse: Profile portrait of Field Marshal Foch to left, bareheaded, wearing uniform with overcoat. Legend. Reverse: Railway carriage in a woodland setting at Rethondes in the forest at Compiegne, near Paris. Left foreground has flourishing laurel branches and damaged trunk of a barren tree over which ivy trails at the right. Below the railway a legend. |
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| Object history | Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978. |
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| Summary | This medal representing Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) is made by Georges-Henri Prud’homme, in France in ca. 1918. The reverse shows the railway carriage no. 2419D, in a woodland setting at Rethondes in the forest at Compiegne, near Paris, where Marshal Foch signed the Armistice in 1918 with the Germans. He was elected to the Academie-français in 1920. Prud'homme (1873-1947), medallist and sculptor was a pupil of Alexandre Falguière and Alpheé Dubois. He was arwarded Legion of Honour in 1923. |
| Bibliographic reference | Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, IV, London, 1909, pp. 704-706, and VIII, p. 147 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.70-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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