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France, Foundation of the Société Impériale d’Acclimatation, 1854, a bronze award medal by A. Dubois, seated female figure with farm animals and birds, reverse legend in wreath, named (À M.E. Margollé, Membre Titulaire, 1854), 50mm (BDM –). Obverse rim lightly marked at 2 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and attractively patinated; in original red velvet-lined case of issue (£30-50)

One of the first medallic works by Alphée Dubois (1833-1905). The Société, founded by Geoffroy St Hilaire, created the Jardin Zoologique d’Acclimatation in 1860