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<p>Created page with &quot;{{DISPLAYTITLE: 1890/108}} __NOTOC__ <a href="/wiki/File:Logo2.jpg" title="File:Logo2.jpg">left|link=|x75px</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Logo1.jpg" title="File:Logo1.jpg">right|link=|x75px</a> <a href="/wiki/File:GoCatalogue.jpg" title="File:GoCatalogue.jpg">right|link=Collections|75px</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Previous.JPG" title="File:Previous.JPG">left|link=Jewels presented to or by Members and including Jewels where the purpose in not known|50px</a> ===Jewel &amp; Medal Col…&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: 1890/108}}<br /> __NOTOC__<br /> [[File:logo2.jpg|left|link=|x75px]] [[File:logo1.jpg|right|link=|x75px]] [[File:GoCatalogue.jpg|right|link=Collections|75px]] [[File:Previous.JPG|left|link=Jewels presented to or by Members and including Jewels where the purpose in not known|50px]]<br /> ===Jewel &amp; Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry===<br /> = Silver Medal: Lodge Absalom Hamburg 1740 = <br /> [[File:1890-108.JPG|right|border|Click to Enlarge|link=http://catalogue.wmlmt.org.uk/share/Images/1890/1890-108.JPG|x400px]]<br /> [[File:1890-108b.JPG|right|border|Click to Enlarge|link=http://catalogue.wmlmt.org.uk/share/Images/1890/1890-108b.JPG|x400px]]<br /> ==== ====<br /> '''''Date:- ''''' 1740 - <br /> '''''Classification:- ''''' Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Members<br /> ==== ====<br /> '''''Country of Origin:- ''''' Germany - <br /> '''''Province/Region/District:- ''''' Hamburg<br /> ==== ====<br /> '''''Order:- ''''' Craft (&amp; Freemasonry General)<br /> === Description === <br /> A lodge was chartered in 1733 at Hamburg, Germany by the Earl of Strathmore, Grand Master of England, which did not commence work ‘till December 6th, 1737; re-warranted, <br /> apparently, in 1740 as No. 108, and in 1741 assumed the name “Absalom.” The Senate of Hamburg forbade the members from attending the meetings, and, in consequence, this medal was <br /> struck. Engraved in Marvin’s “Medals of the Masonic Fraternity,” Boston, U.S.A., 1880, plate 2, figure II. ; in “Numotheca Numismatica Latomorum,” by Ernst Zacharias (1840-6), book <br /> 2, plate 2; in Bode’s Almanack for 1777, plate 3; and in the “American Quarterly Review” (1859), page 484. There have been re-strikes of this medal from modern dies, but this example is <br /> an original (see Marvin’s Notes and Corrections,page 286). Very rare, in perfect condition, as it is generally found much worn. The Essen catalogue gives its date as 1740, which Merzdorf <br /> confirms.<br /> <br /> OBVERSE.—The rising sun and moon, shining upon the earth from opposite directions. Legend, “Facius Supremi Eadem” (The face of God is unchanging). In exergue, “Hamburgi.”<br /> REVERSE.—Arms of the Masons (3 castles and square) upon a shield; a ribbon, to which is suspended a Master’s jewel, hangs over it; a hat is upon the upper left corner. In the border of the <br /> shield, in very small letters, “A. B.” Behind the shield are the rays of the meridian sun, and a square, compasses, gavel, and level are grouped about it. On the square, in small letters, “D. H. <br /> Fecit,” referring to Haslingk, the die-sinker.<br /> <br /> [[File:Previous.JPG|left|link=Jewels presented to or by Members and including Jewels where the purpose in not known|50px]]</div>

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