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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: Loge les Pyramides. Alexandria, Egypt 1866
Date:- 1866 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Past Masters/Rulers
Country of Origin:- Egypt -
Description
The medal is rare, the dies of the reverse having cracked.
OBVERSE.—The head of the buried sphynx turned to the right, between an obelisk ornamented with hieroglyphics on the right, and a Corinthian column on the left. In the background are two pyramids ; above them, dividing the legend, the All-seeing Eye, with rays. Legemuth, [.'.] Les Pyramides 0 .'. D’Alexandrie,” and at the bottom, “ Egypte.”
REVERSE.—” Activité Union Fraternité * Mai 5866° * .“ Surrounding the inscription, in six lines, “Au Zehe et au Devouement Du F .'. Meillon Alex're Venerable Les FF.’. De La R .'. L .'.
Properties
45 mm. Bronze.
