1915, France. ÉTOILE, OU T’EN VAS TU, DANS CETTE NUIT IMMENSE? (Star, where are you going in this immense night?). By Étienne Victor Exbrayat (1879-1914). Published by La Gerbe d’Or. Embossed brass plaquette 106mm x 70mm. $60.

?tienne Victor Exbrayat, sculptor, engraver and medallist, was born at Saint-?tienne on May 12, 1879. He received an honorable mention at the Salon des artistes fran?ais in 1904 and received a troisi?me m?daille in 1911. Exbrayrat became a member of la Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais in 1905. Following the outbreak of World War I, he was made a corporal in the 16e r?giment d’infanterie, he died of battle wounds at the Ch?teau de Bains at Boulogne-la-Grasse on October 1914.