France, 1902. FRANCE. Johannes Gutenberg, bronze medal by L.J. Deschamps, bust left, reverse printing press, LA LVMIERE FVT, 76mm (CGMP p.143; Classens 157; BDM VII, 217; cf. BDW 9, 685). Very fine to extremely fine (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Johannes Gutenberg (1400-68), regarded as the inventor of the printing press. The obverse of this medal was completed by Deschamps in 1899, ostensibly for the 500th anniversary of Gutenberg’s birth.