France, SOUVENIR OF THE ASCENSION OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, 1893, 1893, Medal, EF

France, SOUVENIR OF THE ASCENSION OF THE EIFFEL TOWER, 1893, 1893 Medal, EF, Bronze 41mm medal by Alexandre Charpentier, 1856-1909. Three iron workers, stripped to the waist, hammer on the iron framework of the Tour Eiffel, with a fragment of the city seen beneath them. Charpentier’s monogram appears under the kneeling worker to the left/ SOMMET DE LA TOUR EIFFEL, to left, with a fragment of the top of the Eiffel Tower seen in the center, along with the words: SOUVENIR DE L’ASCENSION. A fragment of the city appears below. Some discoloration and minor rim knocks. From the T.H.G Collection.