Undated (1917), France. AUX MORTS POUR LA PATRIE (For those who died for their country). By ?douard Fraisse. AE? 50mm. Obv: A female seated weeping before a gravestone; another, holding a flag looks into the distance towards the setting sun. Rev: A helmet and wreath on a cross. A tablet (uninscribed). Cat. Gen. vol. 3 182/B. BDM 7/317. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD
?douard Fraisse was born at Beaune in 1880. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. He collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur. He died in 1945.