FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). Medal, Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing, by L. Deschamps ND, Paris. Av. JEAN. GVTENBERG. INVENTOR OF PRINTING / BORN 1400 DIED 1468. Bust on the left of Johannes Gutenberg; signature LÉON DESCHAMPS. Rv. LA LVMIERE FVT. A printing press with date MCDXLI between J and G (after old engravings of Dresden). Orsay - ; Silver - 165 g - 75 mm - 12 h With a red leatherette case (lid detached). Hallmarks (horn) SILVER. On matt blank. Rare in silver. Superb Fleur de coin. This medal evokes one of the greatest inventions of the Renaissance, which enabled mankind to emerge from darkness, hence the reverse: the light was. Léon Deschamps (1860-1929) was a sculptor and medallist.