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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Copper Medal : Les Militaires Réunis.Versailles.
Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Anniversary
Country of Origin:- France -
Description
This is struck like a coin, the edge also being milled. The legend of the reverse is from the line in Virgil (Aneid VI., 42), slightly altered. Uno for Primo, where it alludes to the branch of the golden tree, described by the Sibyl when Aneas was about to visit the under world. This was also the motto of “Cosmo de Medici.”
Obverse.—A shield azure, on which the square and compasses proper (colour not indicated). Over the shield and resting on it a helmet. From behind it appear several flags on either side. Legend, “L.. Ecoss:. Des. Militaires Reunis. Or.’. De Versailles *“(Scottish Lodge of United Soldiers, Orient of Versailles).
Reverse.—Three equilateral triangles interlaced, in the centre of which is the sun (radiant), and surrounding which are laurel branches, tied at the bottom by a nibbon. Legend, “Uno Avulso NonDeficit Alter,” and at foot, “Virtuti Et Glorice” (When one is torn away another will not be wanting). To valour and glory.
