Now that we know more about Vitry, here's what readers had to say about the catalogue. -Editor

"You received an inquiry about the Vitry references from Trey Todd. I actually wrote most of the notes for the medals belonging to my friend, David Simpson. The reference is Catalogue de Guerre Pierre Roche by Paul Vitry, and published by Canale, 1918.

"Here is a link to the large collection of works by Pierre Roche at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. It includes many of the medals listed in the Vitry catalogue.
https://www.famsf.org/art-finder?artist=1547&page=1"

"By chance, I answered my own inquiry posed in last week's E-Sylum. Today a small booklet arrived that I had ordered from a dealer in Spain (the only available copy I could locate). Here is a photo of the title page. Though this book is usually credited to the medallist Roche himself, as you can see at lower right, Paul Vitry has added a forward, and this is certainly the reference meant by the entries in the Stack's Bowers auction. I had no idea before I received the delivery today. Mystery solved; case closed.

"Roche, Pierre, forward by Paul Vitry. MDCCCCXXII (1922). Une Histoire Métallique de la Guerre 1914 - 1918. Gautherin (typography), Longuet (plates), Paris. Soft-cover brochure, 33 un-numbered pages, 6 plates, illustrating 80 medals, with medal titles on facing pages. Plates printed in collotype; thus the medallic images, though small, are very sharp.

"Though the book is rare, this copy was not expensive (€40). Though extensive, this book does not record Roche's complete oeuvre: at least three of his wartime medals are not illustrated."

Thanks, everyone! It appears there are multiple works (or at least multiple editions or translations) cataloguing Roche's work. -Editor