Undated (circa 1940s), France. LE PRISONNIER. By Raymond Tschudin. AE 50mm. Obv: A man seated on the ground with a spade. Rev: A mother and daughter. Cased. Case damaged, missing much of its covering. Extremely fine. $125

Raymond Tschudin (1916-?) was the son of a medalist and came early to his profession. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1945.