French, WWI Bronze Medallion, Edith Cavell & Marie Depage 1915
This item is listed for historical interest only. It was listed on our site previously but has been sold and is no longer available for purchase.
Sold for: $65.00

Original period manufacture. A 50 mm bronze table medal honoring the lives of British Nurse Edith Cavell, executed by the Germans for military treason in 1915; and Marie Depage, a Belgian nursewho died aboard the RMS Lusitaniawhen torpedoed bya U-Boot.Artist marked on theedge J.Fonson, for Jules Fonson, a noted bronze artist of the late 19th, early 20th centuries.'Light age and wear.