1935, France. THE LION OF BELFORT – CENTENNARY OF CAISSE D??PARGNE DE BELFORT (Savings Bank). After Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904). Bronze plaquette 68mm x 49mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2020) ———– Fr?d?ric Auguste Bartholdi was born on August 2nd, 1834 at Colmar. His father died when Bartholdi was only two. His mother moved to Paris where she enrolled him in Le Lyc?e Louis-le-Grand and as a student in the workshops of the sculptor Antoine ?tex and the painter Ary Scheffer. In 1855 and 1856 he traveled in Egypt, where he was inspired by the monumental sculptures. During the Franco-German War of 1870, he served as aide-de-camp to General Giuseppe Garibaldi. His best known work is The Statue of Liberty (La Libert? ?clairant le Monde ? Liberty Enlightening the World). His other best known work is the Lion of Belfort. Bartholdi died in Paris on October 4, 1904.