SOUVENIR HISTORIQUE SIÈGE de PARIS. Frame containing a large red cross in red cheesecloth, a white armband with a red cross stamped by the military intendance, a pair of canvas and leather stretcher straps, a pass in the name of VICLUR "attached to the ambulances of the Press, annexes of the Ministry of War, to relieve the wounded on the battlefield", Paris 29th November 1870, signed by de la Grangerie, all topped by a tricolour ribbon decorated with a metal hat badge with the Red Cross and a paper banner on which is written: "Souvenir de la campagne du Rd frère VICLUR, pendant le siège de Paris par les prussiens 1870". In the centre of the frame, a photo card shows the Reverend Brother VICLUR wearing the armband, holding the stretcher straps in his right hand and a hat adorned with the tricolour ribbon in his left hand, with the metal insignia shown in the frame. Framed under glass 56 X 63 cm. Slight insolation. ABE The press ambulances were created in September 1870 and operated until June 1871. They were responsible for collecting the wounded on the battlefield and transferring them to fixed ambulances and field hospitals. 25,000 wounded were relieved in this way, including more than 2,600 Communards. Brother Viclur was one of almost 300 Brothers of the Christian Schools who took part in this relief work.