1926, France. CENTENARY OF J. JOIRE, banker. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 68mm. A cut on the leg on the obverse and a nick on the basket. Edge bump on the reverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2024) ———- Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13 1885 at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.