1947, France. ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DE LA MEUNERIE FRAN?AISE. By Pierre Dautel. AE 54mm. Obv: A square compartment depicting a man emptying a sack of grain, below: the inside of a mill. Rev: A ship before a large mill; a windmill in the background. Extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD
Pierre Dautel, French sculptor and medallist was born at Valenciennes in 1873. He studied sculpture and architecture at the ?cole Acad?miques at Valenciennes and later studied sculpture at the ?cole Nationale et Sp?ciale des Beaux Arts at Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Dubois. He won various awards during his distinguished career and was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur in 1929. Dautel died in 1954.