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Silver Medal: Birthday of the Margrave of Brandenburg, Grand Master. Anspach 1759

Date:- 1759 - Classification:- Person; Birth; Anniversary

Country of Origin:- Germany -

Description

This is rare, and was struck by the Lodge the Three Stars of Anspach, in honour’ of the 23rd birthday of their Grand Master, Christian Frederick Charles Alexander of Brandenburg, Anspach The lodge afterwards prefixed the name Alexander to their title in his honour. Two other medals were struck in honor of his marriage in September following, by the Freemasons of Baireuth and Erlangen, one described under No. 143.

Obverse.—A triangular square, surrounded by three seven-pointed stars, one at each angle, the sun between the two on the left, and the moon on the right. A mason’s square erect on the lower bar of the triangular square, on the left of which the open compasses, one point on a perfect ashlar on the left, the other on a rough ashlar on the right, between which is a gavel. Legend above, “Aimer Et Se Taire” (To live and to be silent). Reverse.—Inscription in nine lines, “Lour De Naissance Du Ser. Gr. Maitre Aiexandre Marg De Brand. Celebrè Des Francs Maçons A’Anspac Ce. 24 Fevr. 1759” (Birthday of the Serene Grand Master, Alexander Margrave, of Brandenburg, celebrated by the Freemasons at Anspach, Feb. 24, 1759).

Engraved in M., Plate 11; in Z., Plate 3, Book 3; and in A. Q. R., 1859, Page 184.

Properties

31 mm. Silver