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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 402171, member: 2844"]Until 1918 the Cross of Lorraine was a French nationalist symbol, related to the territories France had lost during the Franco-Prussian war. One of the territories was French-language Lorraine.</p><p>After WWI France got Lorraine back, with the help of their the allies, along with German-speaking Alsace, another disputed region.</p><p>So I think this bracelet symbolizes a double victory: the war, and ownership of the disputed regions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 402171, member: 2844"]Until 1918 the Cross of Lorraine was a French nationalist symbol, related to the territories France had lost during the Franco-Prussian war. One of the territories was French-language Lorraine. After WWI France got Lorraine back, with the help of their the allies, along with German-speaking Alsace, another disputed region. So I think this bracelet symbolizes a double victory: the war, and ownership of the disputed regions.[/QUOTE]
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