French

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Raoul Eugène Lamourdedieu (1877-1953) was born at Faugerolles (Lot-et-Garonne). He studied at the École des Beaux Arts at Bordeaux. He won the Prix de la Ville de Bordeaux at the age of twenty. He moved to Paris and studied at the École des Beaux Arts. Be became a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, a member of La Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and of the Salon d’Automne. He created numerous medals and sculpture in carved wood and other materials.