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in one hand and rifle in the other. Behind the soldier is a carving of the trunk of a mutilated tree. This represents an actual tree which used to stand on almost the same spot as the monument, and which was used as a "marker" by the French
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containing the remains of several thousand unknown soldiers. There is an altar at the base of the monument for ceremonial use. The sculptor Becker had based the soldier's face on that of his son who had been killed in 1915.
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memorials, monuments, ossuaries and cemeteries. These are dedicated to the soldiers who died in combat during that war from the
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to his soldiers. The wall surrounding the main terrace lists the divisions in the First Army and the places where they fought.
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Small German cemetery on Meuse-Argonne battlefield.
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