Médaille de reconnaissance à Jean-Jacques Huguenin brass

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Inscriptions in 10 lines.

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
à J.J Huguenin

SON NOM GRAVÉ DANS LE COEUR
DE SES CONCITOYENS DU LOCLE
PLUS SOLIDEMENT QUE SUR LA
PIERRE, SERA TOUJOURS LIÉ AU
SOUVENIR D'UNE ENTREPRISE
DONT LE SUCCÈS AUGMENTA
LEUR PROSPERITÉ.
1830

Translation: To J.J Huguenin. His name, engraved in the hearts of his fellow citizens of Le Locle more firmly than on stone, will always be linked to the memory of an enterprise whose success increased their prosperity.

Engraver: Ami Jean Jacques Landry

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Comment

Thanks to his knowledge of trigonometry, Jean-Jacques Huguenin (1777-1833) took charge of the work on the Col-des-Roches tunnel in 1801, which put an end to the flooding of the Le Locle valley