British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

World war one,“Pour nos Blesses’, a fine uniface oval bronze plaquette by Ovide Yencesse, French nurse bandaging the head of a wounded soldier, 190mm x 175mm. Extremely fine (£60-80)

Although Jones (The Art of the Medal, p. 124) describes some of his work as “extravagantly sentimental”, Yencesse is one of the most interesting and individualist French medallists working this century. The plaquette also exists in a much smaller format.