Thanks Allan,can see what you mean, size, ground subject, profile, base really do not fit very well at all . Its just that the name Paul Germain comes up in America quite a lot over the last century.
Mildawg suggested somewhere in the mid-west of America, perhaps that is as close as I can get if it is American. I would like to sell it but without a positive attribution there is not much interest.
Regards Roger.