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Description: | in very small characters : 0.900
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obverse design : General Gérard Leman, bust, full face turned to left, in uniform and képi. On either side of the head text and in the
background the Belgian lion
obverse text : "GENERAL LEMAN" & "DEFENSEUR DE LIEGE"
reverse design : exploding shell at centre base of an elaborate trophy of arms
Association - person and event: General Gérard Leman, Belgian Commander of Liège, was captured by the Germans on 16
August 1914 after the magazine at Fort de Loncin, Liège, had exploded during bombardment by German siege artillery | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Gérard Mathieu Resistance of the Forts of & 7/8/1914 = 17/8/1914 portrait / personification BE.A commemorative Western Front & German Offensive 1914 & Liège First World War Leman | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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