ICI RENÉ REVEL
GARDIEN DE LA PAIX DU 15ÉME ARRT.
CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D’HONNEUR
A ÉTÉ TUE PAR LES ALLEMANDS
LE 19 AOÛT 1944

René Revel, was a policeman in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. After the occupation of France, he helped the Jews and opposed the Nazi regime. On August 19, 1944, together with his friend, he attacked a German vehicle, captured its passengers and took the weapons on them. In the evening of that day he stood with his friend at the corner of the Pont Neuf bridge, to prevent the Germans from entering the quarter. He was located by the Germans, who shot him to death.

The bridge was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
HERE RENÉ REVEL
GUARDIAN OF THE PEACE OF THE 15TH ARRONDISSEMENT.
KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
WAS KILLED BY THE GERMANS
AUGUST 19, 1944