Lastly, the claw setting connecting the iron hexagon to the rest of the medal is a nod to the Eiffel Tower. The setting is in a shape called “Clous de Paris,” which you’ll find in the rivets dotting ...

Eiffel made use of new technology that ... years and used some 18,000 pieces of metal and 2,500,000 rivets. The 300-metre (984-foot) tower it was the tallest structure in the world until overtaken ...

The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks in the world today, was once the tallest structure ever built too. At the ...