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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Silver Medal: Lodge Wachsenden—25th Anniversary. Regensburg 1791
Date:- 1792 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Anniversary
Country of Origin:- Germany -
Description
This scarce medal was struck by the “Thriving Lodge of the Three Keys,” of Regensburg, in honor of its twenty-fifth anniversary This lodge was founded by the Lodge “ St. Charles de la Constancie,” May 1, 1767, and received its charter from the Grand Lodge in the Hague, July 1, 1768, In the first quarter-century of its existence it supplied constitutions for a large number of lodges in Vienna, Munich, Dresden, and elsewhere, thus acquiring the epithet °Wachsenden’’ (waxing or thriving-).
Obverse—An altar of squared stones, its front adorned with three crossed keys in a circle, the arms of the city of Regensburg. The altar is covered by a single stone, having on its right corner “R,” and on its centre a cube, with the letters “ XXV” on its face ; above, G on a blazing star of five points. Legend, “Jubel Der Wachsenden Im Regensburg” (Jubilee of the Thriving Lodge in Regensburg).
Reverse.—-Hercules, wearing the lion skin, slaying a four-headed hydra. Legend, “Die Tugend Siegt” (Virtuetriumphs). In exergue, “5791.”
Engravedin M., Plato 5; Z., Book 8; and Amer. Rev., Page 478.
Properties
38 mm. Silver
