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Bronze Medal: Masonic Jubilee of Bro. Johann Michael Palmié. Berlin 1840

Date:- 1840 - Classification:- Person; Jubilee

Country of Origin:- Germany -

Description

Rare

Obverse—Bust of Palmie to the right, wearing a collar composed of alternate St. Andrew’s and Maltese Crosses, nearly concealed by drapery; under the bust, in small letters, “ C. Pfeuffer, Fec.” Legend, “Johann Michael Paimie” above, and “ (Jeboreu Zn Berlin D.A. October 1767” below. (John Michael Paimie, born at Berlin, Oct. 4, 1767.) Reverse.—Three female figures holding three keys above an open book which lies upon an altar of stone, before an elevated veiled figure, who is seated facing upon a throne, the back of which rises as two pillars, one on each side, and crowned with globes: her left hand uplifted holds an extinguished lamp, and her right draws aside her veil: at her feet is a lamb. The figure on observer’s left holds a long sword in her right hand, and the one on the right has a palm branch in her left hand. A small star is over the heads of these two: the central figure has nothing but the Key in her hands, and her head is draped. The front of the altar has the inscriptio~m in four lines— EPQ EIMI HAN TO PEPONO~ KAI ON KAI flOMENON (I am all: the past, and the present, and the future). Legend, “THU WE1IDETD. Wahrheit Erkennea U. D. Wahrh Wird Euch Frei Machen Ev. Ioh. VIII, 32” (And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Properties

50 mm. Bronze