FLAMME DE LA LIBERTÉ.

RÉPLIQUE EXACTE DE LA FLAMME DE LA STATUE DE LA LIBERTÉ OFFERTE AU PEUPLE FRANÇAIS PAR DES DONATEURS DU MONDE ENTIER EN SYMBOLE DE L’AMITIÉ FRANCO-AMÉRICAINE.

À L’OCCASION DU CENTENAIRE DE L’INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE.
PARIS 1887-1987

This is a 1:1 scale replica of the torch held by the goddess of liberty Libertas embodied in the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The torch is a gift given to the city of Paris by the international Herald Tribune newspaper in 1989, after the newspaper’s donation campaign for the centenary celebrations of its circulation as an English-language newspaper in Paris that took place in 1987.
This is actually also a closing of the circle, since the Statue of Liberty was given to the city of New York and was given as a gift to the United States by the French government in 1886

The torch was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

The car accident in which Princess Diana was killed was near the torch. Her fans set up a commemorative corner in her memory at the foot of the torch Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
FLAME OF LIBERTY.

EXACT REPLICA OF THE FLAME OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY OFFERED TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE BY DONORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF FRENCH-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP.

ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE.
PARIS 1887-1987.