Keystone View Company Ruined Villae of Eclusiers, France. M'lle Semmer Decorated for Heroic Actions under Fire.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.086 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: s.l. Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy
Two soldiers stand on either side of Mademoiselle Marcelle Semmer, a young woman from Eclusiers, a village on the Somme. She was honored with the Cross of the Legion of Honor and the War Cross for putting herself at risk to air the French war effort.
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