Max Blondat (1872-1925) after Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) The clothing of the prisoner of war Bas-relief in bronze Bears a founder's mark on the lower left Bears the inscription on the reverse: "THE CLOTHING / OF THE PRISONER / OF WAR / FOUNDED IN DECEMBER 1914 / TO THOSE / WHO CREATED IT / TO THOSE WHO HELPED IT". H. 14 cm Related work : Max Blondat, Jean-Louis Forain, Le vêtement du prisonnier de guerre, between 1914 and 1918, silver-plated metal, H. 7 x W. 4 cm, Rouen, Musée Flaubert et d'histoire de la médecine, inv. 997.3.69

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