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Bronze Gilt Medal: Centenary of Lodge Ferdinand zur Glückseligkeit. Magdeburg. 1861

Date:- 1861 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Centenary

Country of Origin:- Germany -

Description

This was struck by a Lodge originally called Felicitie, formed under French auspices, but without regular authority, receiving its Charter from a Lodge at Berlin called “de l’Amitié aux Trois Colombes,” instituted the previous year. Findel, P. 259.

Obverse.—Two hands emerging from the clouds hold a cornucopia, containing wheat, grapes, &c. Beneath it are the letters F.Z.G., the initials of the name of the Lodge, Ferdinand zur Glucksehigkeit, or Ferdinand of Felicity. Above is a scroll, its lower ends rolled up, bearing the legend, “Felix Nos Tenet Copuia” (A fortunate [or happy] bond unites us). From the lower ends of the scroll depends a ribbon, completing a circle around the field, to which at the bottom is attached a small jewel—a crown over a star of rays, behind which is an equilateral triangle “braced.” At the bottom near the border, which is serrated, “Loos Dir.,” on the left, and “Blanke Fec” on the right, in very small letters.

Reverse—Legend, above, “Saecular Feier,” and below, “Magdeburg,” and in the centre, in two lines, XXIII Februar MDCCCLXI (Centennial Celebration, Feb. 23, 1861). Border serrated.

Properties

42 mm. Gilt