WORLD'S FAIR, PARIS, 1889 MEDAL FOR ASCENDING TO THE SECOND - Lot 73

WORLD'S FAIR, PARIS, 1889 MEDAL FOR ASCENDING TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, PARIS METALLURGICAL WORKS, CHARLES TROTIN (1833-1904) Copper, with the obverse inscription: "Souvenir de mon ascension au 1er étage de la Tour Eiffel - 1889" and the engraving of the holder's name "P. Magué". On the reverse, the Eiffel Tower and various Parisian and foreign monuments such as Saint-Pierre de Rome and the Pyramid of Gyzeh. Diameter: 4.2cm. Slight traces of oxidation. At the 1889 Exposition Universelle, this medal was given to visitors taking the spiral staircase to the second floor. Also included. ASHES In a box bearing the handwritten inscription "Cendres trouvées au Parc venues de Paris France rue Boulevard Voltaire incendié par une bombe de gothas, 16 juin 1928".