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Color illustration depicting the apparition of Notre-Dame de Pontmain on January 17, 1871, where the Virgin appears before devotees as the Germans threaten to invade Brittany. Printed text at the bottom: 'On January 17, 1871, when the Germans were at the gates of Laval and threatened to invade Brittany, in the evening, the Virgin, strong as an army in battle formation, who stops the enemy.'