Chamonix - Mont Blanc - Aiguille du Midi

Obverse

Text around the edges. In the center, the Mer de Glace access train in Chamonix, a French commune in the Haute Savoie department, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region. Coat of arms of the town of Chamonix.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
🞲 74 🞲 CHAMONIX 🞲 MONT BLANC 🞲 MER DE GLACE 🞲
Fonderie Saint Luc

Reverse

Text on the periphery. In the center, view of the Aiguille du Midi.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
🞲 74 🞲 AIGUILLE DU MIDI 🞲 ALTITUDE 3842 m 🞲
Fonderie Saint Luc

Edge

Smooth, unmarked.

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Comments

Coat of arms of the town of Chamonix: (1930) Cut: 1st azure, a chain of three mountains argent, charged with a spruce tree vert, issuant from the partition, 2nd gules, a chamois's head couped or; a bar azure and charged with five edelweiss flowers argent, surmounting the partition. https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=7675

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Armoiries de la ville de Chamonix : (1930) Taillé: au 1er d'azur à la chaîne de trois montagnes d'argent, chargées d'un épicéa de sinople, mouvant de la partition, au 2e de gueules à la tête de chamois coupée d'or; à la barre d'azur et chargée de cinq fleurs d'edelweiss d'argent, brochant sur la partition. https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=7675

See also

• Mountain
• Coat of Arms

• Token - Fonderie Saint Luc (Chamonix - Aiguille du Midi)
• Chamonix Mont Blanc * 74 * Mer De Glace

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