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SOM#016, Chester Beach, In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers - In War Fathers Bury Their Sons, 1937
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From the collection of John Birks
Numbers Issued: 941 Bronze, 100 Silver
From the Artist:
"The thought of the medal is a simple, universal one when men pause to think straight; for that reason I have designed the medal as of no particular period. The Greeks probably put it most tersely: 'In Peace the Sons bury the Fathers , in War, the Fathers bury the Sons.' Are our young men to be buried almost before mature manhood, under long rows of stone crosses, or are they to round out their lives and in turn be buried in reverence by their sons in peace? A thought to keep well before our vision as present war clouds again surround us."
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![SOM#016, Chester Beach, In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers - In War Fathers Bury Their Sons, 1937
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 941 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
"The thought of the medal is a simple, universal one when men pause to think straight; for that reason I have designed the medal as of no particular period. The Greeks probably put it most tersely: 'In Peace the Sons bury the Fathers , in War, the Fathers bury the Sons.' Are our young men to be buried almost before mature manhood, under long rows of stone crosses, or are they to round out their lives and in turn be buried in reverence by their sons in peace? A thought to keep well before our vision as present war clouds again surround us."
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male](albums/userpics/10001/SOM%23016-combo2.jpg "SOM#016, Chester Beach, In Peace Sons Bury Their Fathers - In War Fathers Bury Their Sons, 1937
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 941 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]From the Artist:[/b]
\"The thought of the medal is a simple, universal one when men pause to think straight; for that reason I have designed the medal as of no particular period. The Greeks probably put it most tersely: 'In Peace the Sons bury the Fathers , in War, the Fathers bury the Sons.' Are our young men to be buried almost before mature manhood, under long rows of stone crosses, or are they to round out their lives and in turn be buried in reverence by their sons in peace? A thought to keep well before our vision as present war clouds again surround us.\"
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male")
