FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). Gold medal, Lyon Universal Exhibition, Special strike (SP) 1872, Lyon. Av. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE LYON. Allegory with the crown of ramparts, in front of the flags of the nations, raising arms holding crowns, on two cherubs holding a cornucopia and a caduceus; lower down, the two urns pouring the waters of the Saône and the Rhône and the (date); signature G. BONNET. Rv. FRENCH REPUBLIC / CITY OF LYON. Crown formed of two branches. Forrer I p.212-213 ; Gold - 24,09 g - 38 mm - 12 h Top Pop: the only engraved example! Engraved attribution to J[osep]h MARCHAND. PCGS SP58 (55936857). With diamond punch (R [arrow] S) and eagle head. Minor traces of wear and handling. Superb. By Guillaume Bonnet, sculptor and engraver, pupil of Gayrard and Gatteaux, Second Prix de Rome in engraving and author of the monument to the Bourse du Commerce in Lyon.