Diameter: 81mm (approx.3")  Weight: 220gr (approx.8oz)   Edge/Relief: 6 mm

France 1970 " Benjamin Rabier ", art medal, in bronze, in very fine condition as scanned, by Raymond Joly, rim nicks, edge marked with horn of plenty* (Paris mint) + 1970.

Reference : see CGMP p1008 Vol4upd.

Benjamin Rabier (1864 in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée – 1939 in Faverolles, Indre) was a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating La vache qui rit and is one of the precursors of animal comics. His work has inspired many other artists, notably Hergé and Edmond-François Calvo.

Rabier started to work as an illustrator for various newspapers after meeting Caran d'Ache. His first album for children was the story of Tintin Lutin, published in 1887, which told of a young lutin or "imp"; here his main characters are human and not animals, as they came to be in later albums. His most famous creations are Gideon the duck and the characters he drew for Le roman de Renart.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Mint Marks used at the PARIS MINT:

Plain Edge ==> All medals before March 30th 1832 have plain edges and before 1841 for bronze or copper.
Antique Lamp ==> from March 30th 1832 until October 21st 1841 (on gold & silver only).
Anchor ==> from October 21st 1841 until September 25th 1842.
Ship Prow ==> from September 26th 1842 until June 12th 1845.
Pointing Hand ==> from June 13th 1845 until October 1st 1860.
Bee ==> from November 1st 1860 until December 31st 1879.
Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) ==> from 1880 until now.