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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Silver Medal: St Georg in Hamburg 1843
Date:- 1843 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Centenary
Country of Origin:- Germany - Province/Region/District:- Hamburg
Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)
Description
Struck in honour of the Centennial of the Lodge, one impression being of gold, and presented to the composer of a Cantata sung at the Celebration. There is also in this collection the Medal struck at the Constitution of the above Lodge in 1743, and willbe found described in the next number.
OBVERSE.—A blazing star in which is the cypher “ G. St.” Legend, “Klein in Enstehen” (Small in its origin). Below, in semicircle, “[ ] St Georg in Hamburg"
REVERSE—A fir tree, under which “Septembr. 24, 1843,” in two lines. Legend, “Wachse Femur Empor vom Grossen Baumeister Beschutzt “ (Grown higher under the protection of the Grand Architect).
