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Silver Medal: La Parfaite Egalité. Rouen 1795

Date:- 1795 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Anniversary

Country of Origin:- France -

Description

According to Marvin, both dies have been badly cracked, and it is very rare in perfect condition, as this impression is. -

Obverse.—Within the square and compasses, entwined with laurel branches, is a five’pointed blazing stan, bearing the letten G. Legend, “Lodge de la Parfaite Egalitei O.. Du Rouen.”

Reverse.—Two skeletons, that upon the right crowned and holding a sceptre, the one on the left having a shepherd’s staff in his right hand, and in his left a level over an open book, which lies upon an altar between the skeletons. The altar stands upon a mosaic pavement approached by seven steps, and over it is a radiant triangle with Hebrew characters. On the left is a pillar, having the letter J on its shaft, and extended compasses on its base. On the right is another pillar, its shaft having the letter B, and on its base a square.

Engraved in M., Plate 7, Fig. 27. It will be noted that the reverse of this medal hints at the influence of the “Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.” Merzdorf attributes its date to 1795.

Properties

32 mm. Silver