FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). Gold medal, Conseil général d'administration des hôpitaux civils de Lyon, after L. Schmitt, Frappe spéciale (SP) [1845] - after 1880, Paris. Av. CHILDEBERT AND VLTROGOTHE FONDATEVR. Crowned busts of Childebert and Ultrogoth left. Below *DXLII* and signature L. SCHMITT F. Rv. CONSEIL GÉNÉRAL D'ADMINISTRATION DES HOPITAUX CIVILS DE LYON / (date). Within a crown of two palms, a shield quartered and crowned. Forrer V p.392-393 ; Gold - 140,31 g - 56 mm - 12 h Top Pop: this is the only graded example! PCGS SP62 (55936622). Gold horn hallmarks on the edge. Spectacular large module. Only hairlines in the fields. Superb at Fleur de coin. By Jean Louis Michel Schmitt, of Swiss origin, born in Geneva in 1807 and died in Lyon in 1890, pupil of the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and of James Pradier, drawing teacher in Lyon and medallist, author of numerous medals related to his adopted city.