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Bronze plaque on the base of The Cenotaph, a war memorial on Heerengracht Street Cape Town, South Africa. #323467143
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Pictured is one of four bronze plaques that surround the base of central column of The Cenotaph, a war memorial on Heerengracht Street Cape Town, South Africa. This plaque is on the side honoring Word War II from 1939-1945 and is an aircraft scene. The memorial was designed by English sculptor Vernon March and comprises two bronze figures of soldiers in action on separate sandstone columns, one on either side of a tall central sandstone column supporting a bronze winged victory figure. The memorial stands on a square granite base. The Cenotaph was unveiled on the third of August, 1924.