French Bronze Medal Commemorating Johann Gutenberg’s 500 th birthday

74mm diameter (2-15/16”). Inscription on verso reads “Jean Gutenberg Inventeur de L’Imprimerie Ne en 1400 Mort en 1468. Inscription on verso reads „La Lumiere fut“. Design by French Artist Leon Deschamps. Housed in contemporary green velvet and silk linked black leather box reading “monnaie de Paris” on interior.