description
Object description
whole: MODEL
obverse design : Generalissime Joseph Joffre, head, left profile. Below the head, at base of design, a horizontal laurel branch and at
lower left edge "J.Joffre 1915" indented in sloping script
obverse text : "GENERALISSIME JOFFRE"
reverse design : Victory, facing right, holding a flag, marked "HONNEUR ET PATRIE 1914 1915", in her left hand and a sword in her right.
She hovers above a French 75 mm field gun, Model 1897, a wreath adorning its barrel and a cock standing on its right wheel. Above the gun's
trail the date "1914" and below the barrel "1915"
reverse text : "POUR.LE.DROIT.ET LA.LIBERTE"
Label
Association - event: Frankenhuis, see Documentation, states that this medallion commemorates 'the victory of the
Marne'
Inscription
also three imperfectly formed characters/marks (?) : ARGEN
