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Obverse
The obverse (head side) shows the Eiffel Tower, and a number of all the well know Paris landmarks.
The inscription read:
LES TRAVAUX
ONT COMMENCÉ
LE 27 JANV 1897
LE MONUMENT
A ÉTÉ INAUGURÉ
LE 6 MAI 1889
In the large exergue is a list of other Paris buildings and monuments with their heights in metres:-
INVALIDES 105 . NOT. DAME 66 . COLOGNE 159 . OPERA 56
GD. PYRAMIDE 146 . PANTHÉON 83 . ST. PIERRE
ARC DE TRIOMPHE 45 . ROUEN . OBELISK WASHINGTON 16
TOUR EIFFEL 300
(Some parts of the inscription are unclear without cleaning the medallion).
Reverse
The reverse design consists of inscriptions in five lines, with a cartouche for engraving the recipient's name:
SOUVENIR
DE MON ASCENSION
AU SOMMET DE
LA TOUR EIFFEL
(Cartouche)
1889
In smaller letters at the top is the word CUIVRE (Copper), and below is the makers name USINE METALLURGIQUE PARISIENNE
Local Medallions
This is only one of many local medallions issued as commemoratives, but largely for advertising purposes in pre T.V. days.
We have shown it on our website for general and local historical interest.
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