Undated (1942). THE OAK TREE AND THE REED. By Jean Veron. Uniface AE 59mm. Obv: A bird perched on a bullrush with a fallen oak tree in the background. Cat. Gen vol. 3 291/E. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD Jean Vernon was born in 1897. He studied at the ?cole? des Arts d?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He died in 1975. He is noted in particular for his series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables.