page_title: Western Front demarcation stones
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Western Front demarcation stones / Description
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Borne kilometrique, dans le style Voie Sacrée, du fort de la Pompelle.
context_page_description: Western Front demarcation stones, also known as Bornes du Front and Bornes Vauthier, are monuments erected in France and Belgium to mark the limit of the German advance during the First World War. The stones were the idea of sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier, a veteran of the war, and were erected between 1921 and 1930. The total number of stones erected is unclear but it is thought that there were 118 official stones, of which 93 survive. The stones identify the army that held that sector in 1918 and are engraved with the text "Here the invader was brought to a standstill 1918" in English, Dutch, and French.
context_section_description: The monuments were carved by stonemason Léon Telle from Alsace pink granite.  They are 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high and square in section.  The top of the stone is carved with the helmet of the army that held that section of the line in 1918, with appropriate identifying badges.  Thus, for Belgian and French sectors an Adrian helmet is depicted, and for the British sector a Brodie helmet is used, in each case set upon a laurel wreath.  The front of the stone shows the name of the locality, the sides depict the typical infantryman's equipment of gas mask and water bottle and a hand grenade, with emerging palm branch, is shown at each corner.  The front and two sides are engraved with the text "Here the invader was brought to a standstill 1918" in English, Dutch, and French.  This was a change from Vauthier's original and more visceral text: "Here the thrust of the barbarian was broken".
caption: Front view of a French Army-style demarcation stone at the Fort de la Pompelle
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