France. SEMEUR (?The Sower?), By Ren? Baudichon. Silver plaquette 42mm x 63mm. Obv: A man sowing seed. Rev: A field of wheat under harvest. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 24/A. Cased. $240. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2023). ———– Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24, 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963