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De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975

De Gaulle character jug produced by Staffordshire Fine Ceramics of Tunstall, England, circa 1975. Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (1890-1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore a republic in France. In 1958 amid the Algerian War he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister by President Rene Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position which he held until his resignation in 1969.

Maker:

Staffordshire Fine Ceramics

England

circa 1975

Model #:

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War Heroes Series

character jug

Size:

miniature

Height:

2 1/4"

De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
De Gaulle character jug - Staffordshire Fine Ceramics circa 1975
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