Pomník padlých I. světové války, War memorial in Dubicko, Czech Republic
The Pomník padlých I. světové války stands on the village green of Dubicko. A limestone base, 2.9 m wide and 1.2 m high, carries a sandstone sculpture by Vojtěch Sucharda from 1921: a standing man holding a flag with a falcon on its pole, and a fallen man at his feet. The front bears the names Jan Nedral and Čeněk Pulkrt.
The memorial was created in 1921 by sculptor Vojtěch Sucharda of Prague-Bubeneč, as recorded in the signature on the rear of the base. Its front inscription names two fallen legionnaires, teacher Jan Nedral and Čeněk Pulkrt, while the side lists other victims of 1914–1918. It is registered in the central war graves record under code CZE-7113-07105.
The front of the plinth names two fallen legionnaires, teacher Jan Nedral and Čeněk Pulkrt, while the side reads "Oběti světové války r. 1914-18" above the names of other local dead. The sandstone group shows a standing man gripping a flagpole topped by a falcon, with a second figure lying at his feet. The sculptor signed the rear: Vojta Sucharda, Prague-Bubeneč, 1921.
The memorial stands in the village green park (náves) in Dubicko, in the Šumperk district. The sandstone sculpture group rises 3.35 m above a limestone-block plinth 2.9 m wide, 1.6 m deep and 1.2 m high. The signature on the back reads "Vojta Sucharda, akademický sochař, Praha-Bubeneč, roku 1921".
The sandstone sculpture of two male figures is signed on the rear of the plinth: "Vojta Sucharda / akademický sochař / Praha-Bubeneč / roku 1921". A falcon sits atop the flagpole held by the standing figure, four metres above the ground. The plinth bears the dates 1918–1918.
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