| Reference Number | HI/2016-7-67 |
| Title | Eiffel Tower Ascension Souvenir Medal |
| Date | 1898 |
| Creator Name | Usine Metallurgique Parisienne; fl. late nineteenth century; metal manufacturer |
| Description | Commemorative bronze medal issued to individuals as a souvenir of climbling to particular floors of the newly opened Eiffel Tower in 1889. Obverse: image of the Eiffel Tower standing taller than other global monuments, together with their respective heights and the following inscription "LES TRAVAUX ONT COMMENCÉ LE 27 JANV. 1887/LE MONUMENT A ÉTÉ INAUGURÉ LE 6 MAI 1889/INVALIDES 105 : NOT. DAME 66 COLOGNE 159 OPERA 56/G: PYRAMIDE 146 PANTHEON 83 ST PIERRE 132/ARC DE TRIOMPHE 45 ROUEN 150/OBELISQUE WASHINGTON 169/TOUR EIFFEL 300". Reverse: the following inscription "CUIVRE/SOUVENIR/DE MON ASCENSION/AU 1ER ÉTAGE DE/LA TOUR EIFFEL/1889/[USINE] METALLURGIQUE PARISIENNE". There is also a hand-engraved name and date, "E. J. Cameron/Aug. 29th 1898" - presumably the original owner of the souvenir and the date that they visited the attraction. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Language | French |
| Dimensions | 42mm (diameter) x 3mm (depth) |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Medal |
| Term | Medals |
| Architecture |
| Tourism |