The Flame was designed to emerge from the muzzle of a cannon pointing skywards, encased in an inverted shield, the chiselled surface of which was made up of swords forming a star.
On 11 November 1923, André Maginot lit the Flame of Remembrance for the first time. Since then, it has been rekindled every evening during a ceremony organised by the Flame Committee under the Arc de Triomphe, Flame of the Nation.