Syria. SYRIE. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978). Cast bronze 85mm. Cast in France for the Société Français des Amis de la Médaille. Edge stamped with the SFAM stamp and numbered 96. $750.

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 Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.