Aerial view of the city of Paris illustrated by its main monuments: Palais de Chaillot, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Obélisque de la Concorde, Madeleine, Sacré-Coeur, Eglise de la Madeleine, Louvre, Panthéon, Notre-Dame, Buttes-Chaumont, Colonne de la Bastille. Signed Ph. Roch
Obverse lettering
Ph.
Roch
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Representation and commemoration of the main dates in the history of the city of Paris: 280 creation of the city, 450 sainte Geneviève, 1594 entry of Henri IV into Paris, 1648 the Fronde, 1789 storming of the Bastille, then the Three Revolutions: 1830 1848 1871, finally 1944 the Liberation of Paris. City seal on wax in a circle with inscription of the city motto.
