The intrepid heroine Joan of Arc is a popular subject on 19th and early 20th century buttons. Joan, a 15th century woman, helped France win several key battles as she, dressed in borrowed armor, fought right in the thick of it all. However, politics conspired against her and at age 19, she was burned at the stake. In 1909, the Catholic church officially awarded her Sainthood.
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