France. LÉDA. By André Lavrillier. Uniface bronze plaquette. OBV: Leda and the Swan. Classens 107, Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 228/C, Maier 313. Slight knock to the top left corner of the obverse. $375.

André Henri Lavrillier was born on 7 May 1885 in Paris. He studied under his father, Charles, an engraver, and later under Chaplain and Bourdelle at the École des Beaux Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1914. He was later made a Chevalier de la Légion d‘Honneur. Besides medals, he designed a number of coins, including the 1933 French 5-franc coin and coins for Romania.