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===Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry===
=  Bronze Medal: Grand Orient of France—Inauguration of a New Temple. Paris 1843  = 
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'''''Date:-   ''''' 1843   -   
'''''Classification:-   ''''' Building; Consecration/Dedication
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'''''Country of Origin:-   ''''' France  -  
=== Description === 
Struck to commemorate the inauguration of the Masonic Temple, Paris, on June 24th, 1843.

Obverse.—A colonnade of four Corinthian pillars, forming two arches; between the two centre pillars, on a pedestal, a draped figure of St. John; above him, in a tablet, a celestial globe in a 
wreath of olive ; on the frieze over each pillar is a cross patee, oven the keystones of the arch a five’pointed star, and over the tablet “G..O.’.F..” In the field, above the colonnade is the 
double-headed crowned eagle, holding a sword in his talons, below which, in a semicircle, “Deus Meumque Jua” (God and my right). On time left “ Sagesse” (Wisdom), and on the right 
“Union.” In exergue, as if forming part of the legend, “ Humaniti,” and, below, “5843.” In small letters on the left of the date, “V. F.” (Venerable Frere, on Worshipful Brother), and on the
night, “Bessaignet. F.”
Reverse,—Within a circle, formed by a serpent devouring its tail, a five-pointed star, below which the inscription, in six lines, “Temple Mag.. Pose Pe La JRE Pienne IX Aout M.PC CCXLI
— ~.q*— Inaugnné
XX. IV Jam MDCCCXLIII c>- (Masonic Temple: first stone laid Aug. 19, 1841: inaugurated “Omnibus Unus” (One in all). Between the words “De” and “France,” a radiant triangle, with the
Hebrew tetnagnammaten, and between “Omnibus” and “Unus,” a level, on the left of which, in June 24, 1843.)  
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