The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and the centenary of the 1789 Revolution by engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made use of new technology that was already popular in ...

a reference to the country’s shape and nickname, l’hexagone. This piece of the medal contains fragments of iron that were removed from the Eiffel Tower and preserved during renovations in the 20th ...

It was sold when the Eiffle Tower first opened and would have a cork in it instead of a lid. It was hand blown and would have been hard to drink out of because of its shape. The Eiffel Toweer is a ...