France. NAISSANCE. By Raoul B?nard. Bronze plaquette 52mm x 57mm. Obv: A mother holding an infant. Rev: Two birds on a nest with fledglings. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 41/F. Some slight nicks. $80. ———— Raoul B?nard was born in 1881. He studied under Chaplain. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome and. in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Benard died in 1961.