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Jean Vernon 1948 bronze Society of Civil Engineers centennial medal

This fabulous bronze medal is by Jean Vernon. The obverse depicts a woman in high relief looking to her left with a lit lamp held aloft in her left hand and the end of her shawl in her right hand. Behind the woman and at her feet is a serpent and in high relief to her right is a group of birds in flight and to her left again in high relief is a fish swimming amongst coral. The form is signed "Jean Vernon". The reverse depicts a helmeted woman with the words " Centenaire de la Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France 1848 - 1948". The rim is stamped bronze with a triangular cartouche & mark of Arthus-Bertrand. The medal is presented in a round maroon cardboard box.

Approximate dimensions:
Weight of medal: 4.57ozs - 129.6gms
Diameter: 2.68ins - 6.8cms

Jean Vernon
(1897 – 1975)
Jean Louis Émile Vernon, French medalist and sculptor
He was a pupil of Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lefebvre .
His father, Frederick Charles Victor Vernon was a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Paris and member of the Institute .
He exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1922 and received a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936.

Arthus-Bertrand
Medals and decorations maker, founded in Paris in 1803 by Claude Arthus-Bertrand, an army officer during the French Revolution. Artists who have designed for the firm include Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (sculptor of the Statue of Liberty) and Fernand Léger.
It is the official manufacturer of the French Legion of Honour and has made insignia for the Society of the Cincinnati and the Order of Lafayette