France. PRECIEUX SOUVENIR (For birth, christening, first holy communion and confirmation). By Alfred Borrel (1836-1927, Grand Prix de Rome winner in 1860). Copper 50mm. In a contemporary circular case. $90. Sorry, SOLD —— Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the second grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a second class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.