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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;old49er, post: 2644257, member: 78229&quot;]Can&#039;t believe this Medal is still bright Copper color. 1884 Agriculture Medal awarded for Bovine, Rouen France by Hubert Ponscarme 1827-1903.[ATTACH=full]583870[/ATTACH]</p><p>During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" rel="nofollow">First World War</a> the British used Rouen as a supply base and there were many military hospitals.</p><p>Rouen was heavily damaged during World War II - approximately 45% of the city was destroyed. In June 1940 the area between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral" rel="nofollow">Rouen Cathedral</a> and the Seine river burned for 48 hours as the Nazis did not allow firemen access to the fire. Other areas were destroyed between March and August 1944 just before and during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" rel="nofollow">Battle of Normandy</a>, which ended on the left bank of the Seine with the destruction of several regiments belonging to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" rel="nofollow">German 7th Army</a>. Rouen&#039;s cathedral and several significant monuments were damaged by Allied bombing. During the German occupation, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" rel="nofollow">Nazi Germany</a>&#039;s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine" rel="nofollow">Kriegsmarine</a></i> had its headquarters located in a château on what is now the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_sup%C3%A9rieure_de_commerce_de_Rouen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_sup%C3%A9rieure_de_commerce_de_Rouen" rel="nofollow">Rouen Business School (École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen)</a>. The city was liberated by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Canadian_Corps" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Canadian_Corps" rel="nofollow">Canadians</a> on 30 August 1944 after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord" rel="nofollow">breakout from Normandy</a>&nbsp; (copyright @ Wikipedia)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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