After Roger Godchaux (French, 1878-1958), two patinated bronze relief plaques of Wartime subjects, circa 1920-30, one with a man in trench coat and helmet leading a mule, the other with a soldier and two horses at bust length, each indistinctly inscribed Roger Godchaux to the maquette and mounted to rectangular oak backplates, the larger example 23.5cm high, 34.5cm wide Though mostly known as an animalier, sculptor and draughtsman Roger Godchaux worked as a newspaper illustrator during the First World War, and it is possible that these rare and unusual plaques were derived from designs created then. The format of low relief shares similarities to a bronze plaque exhibited at the Sladmore Gallery, London, during the recent exhibition Les Animaliers, 1900 to 1950.