554 - medal – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SURVEYORS, PARIS, 1926 –
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medal – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SURVEYORS, PARIS, 1926 – obverse: designed by Alphée DUBOIS ( * ) – a female allegory seated on rocks, taking measurements on a world map; at her feet, Heron’s dioptre, the precursor to the theodolite; on the right, a colonial landscape with a dromedary crossing it, the sun shining brightly; on the left, a mountainous landscape in France – Reverse: composition signed by Henri Dubois ( ** ): between two palm branches of oak and olive leaves, the inscription in the centre. ( * ) Alphée DUBOIS – Paris 1831 / Clamart 1905 – medallist and postage stamp designer. Winner of the First Grand Prix de Rome in medal and gemstone engraving in 1855 – Refined his craft at the Villa Medici in Rome from 1855 to 1860. (**) – Henri Alfred Auguste DUBOIS: born in Rome in 1859, died in 1943 – Son of Alphée Dubois, a pupil of his father – A talented sculptor, he produced numerous sculptures and medals.

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554 - medal – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SURVEYORS, PARIS, 1926 – See original version (French)

554 - medal – INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SURVEYORS, PARIS, 1926 –
See original version (French)