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Paul
Baumann, Sr, father of Hanns
Baumann
Erwin Baumann
Architect/Sculptor
1889-1979,
and uncle of Hanns
Baumann
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A Family
Tradition
Freedom
Eagle, Simplon Pass,
Switzerland by
Erwin Baumann, Architect/Sculptor
1890-1980, and uncle of Hanns
Baumann. Commissioned by
the Swiss government, the
thirty-five foot
sculpture
was created by in 1944 as a symbol of the mountain
brigade No. 11 of which he was a member and which protected the Swiss
border against fascist Italy during world war II.

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