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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: Lodge Archimedes of the Three Trestle Boards. Altenburg 1802
Date:- 1802 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Consecration/Dedication
Country of Origin:- Germany -
Description
This will be found described in Silver as No. 117. It will be seen that this impression suffers from the cracked dies alluded to, and proves the special condition of the one in Silver.
Obverse.—Archimedes to right, seated on a cubic stone, holds a trestle-board, on which he describes a circle with the compasses; at his feet on the right are two trestle.boards, on which are mathematical diagrams alluding to properties of the circle, thespiral, cone, &c., and near them a square and protractor; near the edge, Loos in small letters; rays from the rising sun illumine the field at the right; on the left is the fallen capital of a pillar. Legend, above, “Noli Tnrbare Cireulos” (Do not willingly disturb the circles.). In exergue, in three lines, “Loge Archimedes zu den drey I reissbretern” (The Lodge Archimedes of the Three Trestle Boards).
Reverse.—The lodge building, a long edifice of one story, with high roof, three windows on each side of acentral porch, which is supported by four Doric pillars; in the pediment is a minute representation of the obverse, Archimedes, &c. In the foreground, on the right, Minerva leads towards the central door a youth, who has a chart in his left hand. In exergue, in three lines, “Gegrundet I Den 12 August I 1802” (Founded August 12, 1802).
Properties
36 mm. Bronze