CTDirtFisher
04-28-2013, 10:13 AM
I got out to a private yard that I hit 2 years ago... I dug targets for almost 6 hours... I dug every target... even all the barely iffy target to hopefully unmask some goodies...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine
According to this site: Georges Henri Prud'homme (1873-1947) was born in Cap Breton/France,) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Falgui?re and A. Dubois. From 1894 Prud'homme exhibited at the Salon, he received an honorable mention in 1901 and a third-class medal in 1904. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1923.
The history of the area has been turbulent, because of a marriage in 1477: Mary, heiress of Burgundy married Maximillian, archduke of Austria and got Lorraine and its possessions in Alsace as dowry. The Burgundy posessions in France were taken by force by successive French kings, but Lorraine and the Netherlands became Habsburg fiefs as Maximillian became emperor of Germany, which gave him direct military access to both. In time, Lorraine became an semi-independent duchy in the Holy Roman Empire (Germany). France repeatedly tried and succeeded to take the Alsance-Lorraine and was just as repeatedly chucked out again until Francis Stephen had the chance to marry Maria-Theresa, heiress and empress of Austria. Louis XIV hated to see Austria come back in force and threatened war. The complicated diplomatic solution that followed was that the duke would give up his claim to Alsace-Lorraine for a promotion to grand-duke of Tuscany, while Louis could install his son-in-law, Stanislaus Leszczynski, failed king of Poland, in Alsace-Lorraine. When Stan died in 1766 (having spent the final years of his life by spending, mainly on the city of Nancy), Louis inhereted the area.
Until this time, the area was German in language and population. However, Louis carried through a ruthless policy to introduce the French language and culture, which was much resented and has never (even today) succeeded in the Alsace, but met with success in Lorraine proper. In 1870, Napoleon III's France was beaten and Bismarck re-united Alsace and the German-speaking part of Lorraine (Mosel) to Germany. The area received an unusual degree of autonomy.
In this situation, the loyalty of the population in the First World War was far from certain. However, official French history has it that they sided with France. In reality, the area declared its independence in 1918, with US support, only to be annexed by the French military. Once again, people were forbidden to even speak German.
The medal celebrates the myth of the loyalty of the two areas (personified by the two women) to France. The cherub is holding a banner that syas: FIDELITE A LA FRANCE (loyalty to France).
(The story ends well. The second world war had the area fighting nazism, which cleared up much mutual mistrust. Alsace is doing well economically. Both areas, as wel as France and Germany, are now parts of the EU, so boundaries have lost their significance).
Look at the picture up top and you can see how big and thick this International Order of OddFellows piece is... There is a small hole on the top... Leads me to believe it was on a ribbon or *shrug*
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The remains of this button range up as a conductive of 2 (foil)... Its the front of a 2 piece button... I'm pretty sure its NA112...
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I got 2 Wheaties and a couple of keeper relics...
Respectfully,
CTDirtFisher
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine
According to this site: Georges Henri Prud'homme (1873-1947) was born in Cap Breton/France,) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Falgui?re and A. Dubois. From 1894 Prud'homme exhibited at the Salon, he received an honorable mention in 1901 and a third-class medal in 1904. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1923.
The history of the area has been turbulent, because of a marriage in 1477: Mary, heiress of Burgundy married Maximillian, archduke of Austria and got Lorraine and its possessions in Alsace as dowry. The Burgundy posessions in France were taken by force by successive French kings, but Lorraine and the Netherlands became Habsburg fiefs as Maximillian became emperor of Germany, which gave him direct military access to both. In time, Lorraine became an semi-independent duchy in the Holy Roman Empire (Germany). France repeatedly tried and succeeded to take the Alsance-Lorraine and was just as repeatedly chucked out again until Francis Stephen had the chance to marry Maria-Theresa, heiress and empress of Austria. Louis XIV hated to see Austria come back in force and threatened war. The complicated diplomatic solution that followed was that the duke would give up his claim to Alsace-Lorraine for a promotion to grand-duke of Tuscany, while Louis could install his son-in-law, Stanislaus Leszczynski, failed king of Poland, in Alsace-Lorraine. When Stan died in 1766 (having spent the final years of his life by spending, mainly on the city of Nancy), Louis inhereted the area.
Until this time, the area was German in language and population. However, Louis carried through a ruthless policy to introduce the French language and culture, which was much resented and has never (even today) succeeded in the Alsace, but met with success in Lorraine proper. In 1870, Napoleon III's France was beaten and Bismarck re-united Alsace and the German-speaking part of Lorraine (Mosel) to Germany. The area received an unusual degree of autonomy.
In this situation, the loyalty of the population in the First World War was far from certain. However, official French history has it that they sided with France. In reality, the area declared its independence in 1918, with US support, only to be annexed by the French military. Once again, people were forbidden to even speak German.
The medal celebrates the myth of the loyalty of the two areas (personified by the two women) to France. The cherub is holding a banner that syas: FIDELITE A LA FRANCE (loyalty to France).
(The story ends well. The second world war had the area fighting nazism, which cleared up much mutual mistrust. Alsace is doing well economically. Both areas, as wel as France and Germany, are now parts of the EU, so boundaries have lost their significance).
Look at the picture up top and you can see how big and thick this International Order of OddFellows piece is... There is a small hole on the top... Leads me to believe it was on a ribbon or *shrug*
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The remains of this button range up as a conductive of 2 (foil)... Its the front of a 2 piece button... I'm pretty sure its NA112...
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I got 2 Wheaties and a couple of keeper relics...
Respectfully,
CTDirtFisher