1917, France. AWARD OF MERIT. By Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. Silver 68mm. Obv: Putti either side of a seated female, who holds a wreath in one hand and a palm frond in the other. $225. Sorry, SOLD

Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain was born at Mortagne in 1839. He entered the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1857. He studied under the sculptor, Jouffroy, and Eugene-Andr? Oudin?, the medallist. He won the first prize at the Concours de Rome in 1862. He studied in Italy from 1864 to? 1868. He was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts in 1881 and became an officer of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1888. He died in 1909.?