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Bronze Medal. centennial of the Provincial Lodge of Mecklenberg-Schwerin and Strelitz

Date:- 1854 - Classification:- Centenary; Lodge/Chapter Etc.

Country of Origin:- Germany -

Description

Struck in honour of the centennial of the Provincial Lodge of Mecklenberg-Schwerin and Strelitz, at Rostock, and which has one of the finest collections of Masonic medals in the world.

Obverse.—A draped female figure, having the square and compasses in her right hand, and a book on her arm, points with her left to a domed temple which she is approaching from the left, its front has four Ionic pillars and three steps; the door is closed. In the pediment are the compasses, square, and triangle interlaced: on its top a small figure in armour, and on the other corners are small draped figures. In the distance, on the right, the sun rising from the sea. Legend, on a border slightly raised and roughened, “Meckleaburgs Et-ste Freimaurerloge St. Michael Gegritodet in Schwerin*” (Meckloaburg’s first Masoimic Lodge, St. Michael, founded in Schwerhin. In exergue curving, “D. 15, Mai, 1754.” Reverse.—On a mosaic pavement is an altar, on which is a closed book, two burning tapers on the right, and one on the left: the frontal is adorned with square and compasses, surrounded by fourteen six-pointed stars. Above, in a radiant triangle, the All-seeing Eye: on the pavement at the left, very small “Sehreder.” Legend, on a border-like obverse, “ Zur Erinnerung Die Prov C v. Mecklenburg-Schwerin U. Strelitz Zn Rostoek * “ (For commemoration the Provincial Lodge of Meckhenbnrg-Schwerin and Strehitz at Rostock). In exergue, curving, “D 15 Mai, 1854.”

Properties

39 mm. Bronze