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Silver Medal: The Order of Mopses. Nancy 1745

Date:- 1745 - Classification:- Order/Governing Body; Members

Country of Origin:- Germany -

Description

Marvin and Merzdorf give this medal in copper only, and as scarce, but in silver it is practically unknown. Its place of mintage is uncertain. Merzdorf’s impression came from Nurnberg.

OBVERSE-A mastiff (Mops* seated on a stone which lies upon an anchor and trident, surrounded by two radiant circles.

REVERSE.—-Two columns on a platform, entwined with, ribbon, on which are two hearts; behind them the rising sun, whose beams fall uponthe hearts The background is filled by a landscape, on either side of which are towers and buildings. Legend above, “Assez” (Enough,). In exergue, in two lines, “L.C.D.M.F.A.N. cc 10 Jan., 1745” (Loge Centmale de Mopses fondee a Nurnberg (or Nancy), January 10th, 1745.

• The mastiff was an emblem of fidelity and attachment, and the name of ‘Mopes” was assumed by an association formed in 1740 in the Catholic States of Germany, after the Bull of Pope

Clement XlI., by brethren unwilling to renounce the Order, that they may practise Freemasonry under another Name. it was under very distinguished patronage, and many princes of the empire were its Grand Masters.

Properties

26 mm. Silver