Undated (1938), France. LE CORBEAU ET LE RENARD By Jean Vernon. Uniface AE 59mm. Obv: A crow looking down at a fox with its paw on a wheel of cheese. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 391/F. A later striking circa 1960. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD
Jean Vernon was born in 1897. He studied at the ?cole? des Arts d?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He died in 1975. He is noted in particular for his series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables.