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Silver Medal: Silver Wedding of William, King of Prussia. Berlin 1854

Date:- 1855 - Classification:- Person; Marriage; Anniversary

Country of Origin:- Germany - Province/Region/District:- Bayern und Sachsen

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

Description

This fine Medal is not mentioned by Marvin. I am told by my correspondent in Berlin that the Emperor William used to present a similar medal to each Brother in that city on his Silver Wedding, in remembrance of his own silver wedding of June 11, 1854, and that the dies are kept in the Imperial Mint. No. 126 is another specimen from another Lodge, which also belongs to the “Grand Lodge of the 3 Globes,” so probably the honour is confined to this especial Grand Lodge.

Obverse.—Accolated busts to the right of Wilhiam I. and Augusta as King and Queen of Prussia, the former naked, and the latter with necklace and wearing a coronet. Inscription, “Friedr. Wilh. Pr. V. Prussen. Auguste Prinzess V. Pr. G. Pr. V. Saehsen. *“ (Frederick William, King of Prussia, Augusta, Queen of Prussia, Crown Princess of Saxony). Below, in very small letters, W.Kullrich, Fee.”

Reverse.—Within a raised wreath of oak and ivy leaves, bound together at foot with two bands crossed an inscription in engraved letters in eleven lines, “Z.E, I DX I Jnui, 1854 1 -—4-’-— 1 D. Br. A. Fr. Staehow I V.D.L.Z.I.O. D. III. Jun. 1855” (In commemoration of the 11 June, 1854. The Silver Wedding of Bro. A. Fr. Staehow of the Lodge Zur Verschweifinheit (i.e., Silence), Orient of Berlin, and of his wife C. M. L. née Kflhne. Dated 3rd June, 1855.)

Properties

50 mm. Silver