It was designed Jules Dalou and Camille Lefèvre, and unveiled on 26 November 1907, at the entrance to Boulogne Woodland park.

Work on the monument was begun by sculptor Jules Dalou, and following his death in 1902, it was continued by one of his students, Camille Lefèvre, who based it on his drawings.

[2] The monument is placed in the Alexandre and René Parodi Square, near Admiral Bruix Boulevard, within the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

[2] It has a form of a large tall stone cuboid that is stylized to resemble a triumphal arch with two columns placed in front of it.

Behind and to his right is depicted a cheering crowd of people, with men to waving their hats in the air.