Watch List notes:

Militaria, World War I, Anglo-French, the Memorial to Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Montreuil-sur-Mer, bronze medal, 1931, by Paul Landowski, the equestrian statue facing to l., rev. legend in 5 lines, on edge: numbered "12", 68mm.; Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French (1852-1925), the disembarkation of the British Army in France, bronze medal, 1914, by É-P. Blin, uniformed bust of French l., rev. a kilted Scottish soldier greeted by his French counterpart, 68mm.; Maréchal Foch, the Armistice signed in a railway carriage in the forest of Rethondes, bronze medal, 1918, by G-H. Prud'homme, bust l., rev. the carriage in the woods, 68mm., the first nearly extremely fine, the second extremely fine, the last very fine (3)
Édouard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946)
Haig moved his General Headquarters to Montreuil-sur-Mer in March 1916 as the town was well-placed for all aspects of the war in France. The original statue which was inaugurated in 1931 was destroyed by the Germans in 1940 and in 1950 an identical replacement was unveiled – the only equestrian statue of a British military figure in France. The sculptor Paul Maximilien Landowski (1875-1961) is best known for his massive "Christ the Redeemer" in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
(120-160 GBP)