Belgium – Passchendaele – Jean de Mot 1918 – who died for his country at Passchendaele on October 5, 1918.

Belgium – Passchendaele – Jean de Mot 1918 – who died for his country at Passchendaele on October 5, 1918. / AU + / 70 mm – Devreese – Archaeologist and philologist by training, Jean de Mot was the son of Emile de Mot, mayor of Brussels and the grandson of Jean André de Mot, the founder of the Galeries Saint-Hubert. After spending time at the French School in Athens, he became assistant curator of the royal museums of the Cinquantenaire. He served as a war volunteer during the First World War, with the rank of lieutenant observer in the military balloon and was shot down at Passchendaele on October 5, 1918 during the last offensive of the war. / bronze / 132,87 gram /