Medal Factory Workers Propaganda World War 1 Victory 1918 Duval January

Description: 292-tirBZAG50mm-50mmArgtBronze medal, circa 1918, France.Some traces of handling, old patina and oxidation.Blank reverse of attribution.Engraver / Artist / Sculptor: M Lordonnois registered trademark.Dimension : 41 mm .Weight : 29 g.Metal : bronze .Mark on the edge : bronze + triangle + "Duval Janvier".Careful shipping.The easel is not for sale.The stand is not for sale Poilu is the nickname given to French soldiers of the First World War who were in the trenches. This nickname is typical of this war and was only used in rare and exceptional cases during the Second World War.Origin of this nameThe word "poilu" also referred at the time in familiar or slang language to someone courageous, virile (cf. for example the older expression "a brave man with three hairs", which we find in Molière, as well as the expressions "avoir du poil" and "avoir du poil aux yeux"1) or the admiration for someone "who has hair on their belly".In his work L'Argot de la guerre, based on a survey of officers and soldiers, Albert Dauzat gives the same explanation:"Before being the soldier of the Marne, the "poilu" is the grumbler of Austerlitz, he is not the man with the unkempt beard, who does not have time to shave, that would be too picturesque, it is much better: he is the man who has hair in the right place, not in the hand! "It is the symbol of virility2.This military term, dating back more than a century before the Great War, "designated in the barracks where it predominated, the Parisian and suburban element, either the fearless attack man, or simply the man."In the army, soldiers are officially called "men."3 Marcel Cohen, a linguist who was also mobilized and took part in the investigation, specified that in military language the word meant individual.Jehan Rictus, a popular poet and writer, was widely read in the trenches. In his texts, the common man is called "poilu": "Woe to the rich / Happy are the poilu without money."But since 1914, says Albert Dauzat, who studied the etymology and history of words, the term "poilu" has designated for civilians "the fighting soldier" who defends our soil, as opposed to "the shirker".Poilu in the Egyptian desert during World War II. United States Office of War Information Collection.The word "burst from the suburbs, from the barracks, into the bourgeoisie, into the countryside later, through words, through newspapers especially, with lightning speed"4.A popular version of the meaning claims that the nickname was given during the Great War, due to the living conditions of the soldiers in the trenches. They grew beards and moustaches and, when they returned, all looked "hairy". This version can only be based on the early days of the war, because as soon as poison gas appeared, gas masks banned beards from soldiers' faces and from military regulations. The newspapers that carried information about the war and the front were directly under the authority of the censorship and the army, and did not use this nickname. Moreover, since it was forbidden to broadcast images taken on the front line, those illustrating newspapers and postcards show actors or at best people on leave, not subject to the requirements of the front lines.CommemorationDetailed articles: List of the last veterans of the First World War and Bleuet de France.In France, on November 11, the memory of the soldiers is celebrated under the term "Bleuet de France", the color of the cornflower recalling the horizon blue of the soldiers' uniform.In Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, November 11 is known as “Poppy Day”; “Poppy” is the poppy, a flower which often grew in and around the trenches.The last ten furry people alive in the 21st century were: Alexis Tendil, died on October 5, 2005 at the age of 109; René Moreau, died on October 26, 2005 at the age of 108; Ferdinand Gilson, died on the night of February 25 to 26, 2006 at the age of 107; Léon Weil, died on June 6, 2006 at the age of 109; François Jaffré, died on September 22, 2006 at the age of 105; Maurice Floquet, died on November 10, 2006 at the age of 111; René Riffaud, died on January 15, 2007 at the age of 108; Jean Grelaud, died on February 25, 2007 at the age of 108; Louis de Cazenave, died on January 20, 2008 at the age of 110; Lazare Ponticelli, died on Mars 12, 2008 at the age of 110.Lazare Ponticelli, last French poilu, with members of the association Les Francs-tireurs Lorrains in 2006.Lazare Ponticelli was the last French hairy man. Coming from a family of Italian immigrant workers, he had the moral elegance to refuse - like Clemenceau - the homage of the Nation. But he finally accepted it in memory of all his comrades “to whom he had promised never to forget them”.On Mars 17, 2008 at eleven o'clock, his national funeral was celebrated in the presenceThe word "poilu" also referred at the time in familiar or slang language to someone courageous, virile (cf. for example the older expression "a brave man with three hairs", which we find in Molière, as well as the expressions "avoir du poil" and "avoir du poil aux yeux"1) or the admiration for someone "who has hair on their belly". A popular version of the meaning claims that the nickname was given during the Great War, due to the living conditions of the soldiers in the trenches. They grew beards and moustaches and, when they returned, all looked "hairy". This version can only be based on the early days of the war, because as soon as poison gas appeared, gas masks banned beards from soldiers' faces and from military regulations. The newspapers that carried information about the war and th

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