France. OFFICE NATIONAL DES RECHERCHES ET INVENTIONS. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Silvered-bronze 57mm. Obv: A seated female. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. $100. ———— ?douard-Pierre Blin was born on August 30 1877 at Chartres. He studied under Chaplain, Peter, Bott?e and Hector Lemarie. He won several distinctions as a medallist and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Blin died in Paris in 1946.