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<p>Created page with &quot;{{DISPLAYTITLE: 1890/265}} __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 at the Consecration/Dedication of a Lodge|50px</a> ===Jewel &amp; Medal Collection - Worcestershire Mu…&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE: 1890/265}}<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 at the Consecration/Dedication of a Lodge|50px]]<br /> ===Jewel &amp; Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry===<br /> = Bronze Medal: Eleves de Minerve. Paris 1801 = <br /> [[File:1890-265.JPG|right|border|Click to Enlarge|link=http://catalogue.wmlmt.org.uk/share/Images/1890/1890-265.JPG|x400px]]<br /> [[File:1890-265b.JPG|right|border|Click to Enlarge|link=http://catalogue.wmlmt.org.uk/share/Images/1890/1890-265b.JPG|x400px]]<br /> ==== ====<br /> '''''Date:- ''''' 1801 - <br /> '''''Classification:- ''''' Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Consecration/Dedication<br /> ==== ====<br /> '''''Country of Origin:- ''''' France - <br /> === Description === <br /> This Lodge was founded at Paris, February 1, 1801, but now is extinct. The date on this medal is that of the foundation of the Lodge, but not necessarily the year of mintage, which this is <br /> true of many others of the French medals.<br /> <br /> Obverse,—Within a wreath of olive and laurel is an oval shield, having a curving studded edge with small bosses, and bearing in the centre the snaky head of Medusa. 0n the top of the shield <br /> is a cock, Legend, “[ ] Des Elevres de Minenva ~“ (Lodge of theDisciples of Minerva),<br /> <br /> Reverse,—A circle of five-pointed stars, surrounding the square and compasses, within which the cypher E.D,M., formed of script letters, On the left of the compasses the crescent moon, <br /> and on the right the radiant sun. Legend, outside the circle of stars, “Illos ad veram lucem sapientia ducit” (Wisdom lends them to the true light). At the bottom, “5801.” Struck like a coin.<br /> === Properties === <br /> 28 mm. Bronze<br /> [[File:Previous.JPG|left|link=Jewels presented at the Consecration/Dedication of a Lodge|50px]]</div>

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