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Group of Medals to Louis Dollo, Palaeontologist
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Category:Coins & Paper Money
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Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 CAD
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This item SOLD at 2017 May 13 @ 14:36UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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A group of medals presented to Louis Dollo, 1857-1931: (1)- Obv: Winged woman reclining, facong left, "Furfooz" on tablet, Ed. Geerts. Sculp & Fec. In exergue; Rev: "Congres International D'Anthropologie et D'Archeologie Prehistorique A Bruxelles. 6e Session Sous la Presidance de Mr. J.J. D'Omalius d'Halloy, 1872", surrounded by palm leaves; Ae, 65mm; Furfooz refers to Furfooz Man, discovered in Fufooz, Namur, Belgium, in 1866. Dollo would have been only 15 if he attended this Congress; (2)- Obv: "Ville de Lille", coat of arms at centre, J. Esparon, F. at bottom; Rev: "Association Francaise pour L'Avancement des Sciences, Session de 1874, A Lille, Offert Par Le Comite Local"; Ae, 60mm, in red fitted case; (3)- Obv: "Institut Industriel Agronomique et Commercial Du Nord de la France", wreath, J.Esparon, at lower right; Rev: Inscribed "Premier Anne du Genie Civil Premier, DOLLO, Louis", surrounded by wreath; Ar, 57.5mm, 70.66 gms, edge marked Argent, in maroon fitted case; (4)- As last, but inscription, "Genie Civil Deuxieme Annee, 1875-76, Premier, DOLLO, Louis"; Ar, 55.5 mm, 75.16gms, edge marked Argent, in maroon fitted case; (5)- Obv:Man facing right, "R. Bureau Gv. Lille" below; Rev: "Societe des Sciences de L'Agriculture des Arts, de Lille, Fondation Kuhlmann, 1881", Inscribed in frame, at centre, "Mr. Dollo 1884"; Ae, 61mm, in maroon fitted case; (6)- Obv: Exposition International Bruxelles, 1897", 3 allegorical figures at centre, Jul Legae Scult, Wolfgang Fecit, in exergue; Rev: "Koninkryk.Belgie.Royaume.Belgique", Crowned emblem of Belgium, "Union Fait La Force" in ribbon at centre; Ae, 70mm; (7)- Obv: "Academia Reg. Scientiar et Litter Belgii", Winged Mercury at centre, "J. Leclercq" on column; Rev: Rampant lion, holding shield with coat of arms, "L. DOLO" inscribed below; Ar, 37mm, 22.39gms, in red fitted case; (8)- Obv: "Universitas Bruxellensis, Scientia Vincere Tennebras", Winged Angel standing on Lucifer; Rev: "Universite Libre de Bruxelles, LXXVe Anniversaire, 1834- 20 Novembre- 1909", "Louis Dollo" inscribed at centre; Ae, 65mm; He began teaching at the University in 1909; (9)- As last but reverse, "Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Fondee le 20 Novembre, 1834", "Hommage A" on die, "Louis Dollo" inscribed at centre; Ae, 65mm, in black case," J. Fonson, Medaille d'Art" on inside lid; He won the Murchison Medal in 1912; (10)- Obv: Woman holding globe, "Fernan Dubois" at bottom; Rev: "Touring Club de Belgique", "CTB", at centre, Winged Eagle at bottom, inscribed, at top, "Le T.C.B. a Mr. L. Dollo, 1917", Ar, plaquette, 60 x 29mm; Most VF to EF, last Fine; Louis Dollo was born in 1857, in France, and graduated as an engineer, in 1878. He was a pre-eminent paleontologist, in Belgium, and was instrumental in the advancement of Paleobiology. From 1882 to 1885, while he was head of the vertebrate fossil section of the Royal Institute, Dollo worked on reconstructing the skeletons of the Iguanodons, as it was necessary to display them on their hind legs. The first one was assembled in the interior of an unused church that Dollo was using as a workshop. Twelve of those skeletons have been the principal attraction of the Museum of Natural Sciences at the Royal Institute. Dollo collaborated with his former professor Alfred Giard and the Université Lille Nord de France. Around 1890, he formulated a hypothesis on the irreversible nature of evolution, known later as "Dollo's Law". According to his hypothesis, a structure or organ lost during the course of evolution would not reappear in that organism. He won the Murchison medal in 1912. This is an interesting collection of an important man's medals.
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