France. Sports. SWIMMING. By Émile Monier. Bronze 41mm. $35.

?mile Monier, sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. During the course of his career, he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.