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Bronze Medal: Grand Orient of France—Inauguration of a New Temple. Paris 1843

Date:- 1843 - Classification:- Building; Consecration/Dedication

Country of Origin:- France -

Description

Struck to commemorate the inauguration of the Masonic Temple, Paris, on June 24th, 1843.

Obverse.—A colonnade of four Corinthian pillars, forming two arches; between the two centre pillars, on a pedestal, a draped figure of St. John; above him, in a tablet, a celestial globe in a wreath of olive ; on the frieze over each pillar is a cross patee, oven the keystones of the arch a five’pointed star, and over the tablet “G..O.’.F..” In the field, above the colonnade is the double-headed crowned eagle, holding a sword in his talons, below which, in a semicircle, “Deus Meumque Jua” (God and my right). On time left “ Sagesse” (Wisdom), and on the right “Union.” In exergue, as if forming part of the legend, “ Humaniti,” and, below, “5843.” In small letters on the left of the date, “V. F.” (Venerable Frere, on Worshipful Brother), and on the night, “Bessaignet. F.” Reverse,—Within a circle, formed by a serpent devouring its tail, a five-pointed star, below which the inscription, in six lines, “Temple Mag.. Pose Pe La JRE Pienne IX Aout M.PC CCXLI — ~.q*— Inaugnné XX. IV Jam MDCCCXLIII c>- (Masonic Temple: first stone laid Aug. 19, 1841: inaugurated “Omnibus Unus” (One in all). Between the words “De” and “France,” a radiant triangle, with the Hebrew tetnagnammaten, and between “Omnibus” and “Unus,” a level, on the left of which, in June 24, 1843.)