Can anyone tell me about these? I can't even find info on the company and event that relate. I have what seems to be a brass medal of the reproduction pictured below. I don't think it's gold, even though it passes the rub/smell test. It also has a purple semi reflective tarnish to it with a tiny bit of white corrosion that could potentially be from another coin. It's very worn and it took me quite sometime to decipher what little text is left on it. Any info on background or value would be appreciated. Here's a picture and info on the reprouction model.
1476. NY Watch-Fob of Schloss, Universal Expo, Paris, 1889. Advertising watch fob, which reproduces in miniature the 1889 prize medal won by N. J. Schloss and Co. of New York City at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris. Variety of Rulau NY NY-A270. Unlisted as a fob. 31 mm, gilt brass, struck with integral fob type of loop. Bright AU. $25.00-40.00+
N. J. Schloss & Co., New York City boy's clothing merchants. "Exposition Universalle" above seated, draped woman crowning semi-nude man with laurel wreath, above "1889" over the Eiffel Tower and exposition grounds, in background are a tree, book, lamp, painter's pallet, etc. / "Republique Francaise" to left, star above naked angel blowing trumpet, left hand holding wreath around pillar surmounted by bust of France, tree to right, with "N. J. Schloss"
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