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France, Johannes Gutenberg, 1902, a bronze medal by L.-J. Deschamps, bust left, reverse printing press, LA LVMIÈRE FVT, 76mm (CGMP p.143; Classens 157; BDM VII, 217; cf. BDW 9, 685 and 18, 431; cf. DNW 37, 1232 and 46, 791). Extremely fine (£40-60)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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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