1890/205
Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Brass Medal: St. Antoine du Parfait Contentment. Paris 1785
Date:- 1785 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Consecration/Dedication
Country of Origin:- France -
Description
This is a nine-sided jeton, and probably the one alluded to by Merzdorf, No. 97, Page 75; the medal he had not seen, Marvin describes it from an impression in the late Pythagoras Lodge collection.
Obverse.—Within the square and compasses (the joint of the latter is a radiant sun) is a gavel suspended over two right hands joined; behind the square are sprigs of acacia. Legend, above, “Amitie,” and below, “Bienfaisance” (Friendship, benevolence).
Reverse.—Inscription, “Medaille D’Aasidnite 5785,” in three lines, surrounded by a circle, outside of which the legend, “L .‘. Ch .‘. De St. Antoine Du Parfait Contentement” (Chapitral Lodge of St. Antoine, &c.)
Properties
9-sided: 26mm. Brass
