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For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk Chambellan, René Paul (American, 1893-1955); b. West Hoboken, NJ, and Medallic Art Co (Dayton, OH, then Danbury, CT, Sioux Falls, SD, and Dayton, NV, fl. 1903-2018) JAPAN/U.S.A. , For Conquer We Must , 1945, a bronze medal by R.P. Chambellan for the Society of Medalists, American soldiers raise the U.S. flag on Mt Suribachi in Iwo Jima, rev . truncated sword, palm of victory behind, edge impressed the society of medalists thirty-first issue 1945 rene p. chambellan, sculptor, medallic art co.n.y. , 73mm, 156.77g (Alexander 31.1; cf . DNW 51, 1236). Extremely fine £80-£100 --- Edition of 1,501. The battle of Iwo Jima, fought over five weeks in February and March 1945 between troops from the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, resulted in the deaths of over 18,000 men from both sides of the conflict. The photograph of a group of six American marines hoisting the U.S. flag on Mt Suribachi, taken by Joe Rosenthal of Associated Press on 23 February 1945, remains one of the most poignant images of the 20th century