Portrait of the militant Guy Môquet, particularly associated with the twenty-seven men shot at the Châteaubriant camp, who went down in history as a symbol of the French heroes and martyrs of the German Occupation during the Second World War. Dates of birth and death (at age 17). Lorraine cross.
Obverse lettering
GUY MÔQUET
`Ce que je
souhaite de tout
mon coeur, c`est
que ma mort serve
à quelque chose`
FRANCE LIBRE
1924 - 1941
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
French coat of arms with blazon rooster and fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown.
