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English: "De verdediging van het vaandel" (en: "The defense of the flag") by Ernest Bastin (1863-1926). WWI memorial situated on the Waversebaan, Heverlee, Leuven, Belgium, next to St Lambertus church and the Gemeentehuis. The bronze statue represents a soldier holding a flag. It was commissioned by the commune of Heverlee and inaugurated on 24 September 1919.
The inscription on the front reads: The base has several inscriptions: on the front side "HEVERLEE/ AAN ZIJNE/ GLORIERYKE/ KINDEREN/ GESTORVEN/ VOOR HET/ VADERLAND/ 1914-1918/ " en "NEEN MEN ZAL U NOOIT VERDELGEN/ WAT EEN VŸAND PRAALT EN POCHT./ VRŸHEID; VRŸHEID; ERF DER BELGEN/ MET DER VAADREN BLOED GEKOCHT./ DE LAET". The inscription on the back reads: "HEVERLE/ A CES GLORIEUX/ ENFANTS MORTS/ POUR LA/ PATRIE/ 1914-1918" The inscription on the left side lists the names of the fallen soldiers; the one on the right side the names of the fallen civilians.
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