1950, France. THE PARIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. By Pierre-Marie Poisson. Bronze 75mm. OBVERSE: Two females holding hands, one holds a bag of money, the other a cog. Behind them is a scale and a caduceus. REVERSE: An inscription on a cog set against rays. Classens 113. $90.

Pierre-Marie Poisson was born on 19 November 1876 in Niort (Deux-S?vres). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later moved to Paris to study sculpture. He received a scholarship for the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria in 1908. He worked primarily as a sculptor and only turned to creating medals later in his career.