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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Silver Medal: Grand Lodge H-D-M of France. Paris 1809
Date:- 1809 - Classification:- Order/Governing Body; Members
Country of Origin:- France -
Description
The body which struck this medal used the Lion of Scotland, and the arms and motto of the Scottish Grand Lodge to denote the source whence they claimed (fancifully of course) to have derived their right.
Obverse.—A shield bearing a lion rampant, a garland of thistle leaves and flowers surrounds the shield, to which a jewel with the Cross of St. Andrew suspended. Legend above, “Gde [.‘.] De H—D—M—En France.” (Grand Lodge of Herodom in France.) And below, filling out the circle, “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No one wounds me with impunity).
Reverse.—A shield beaning a chevron between the castles: on the chevron a pair of compasses extended, Below the shield, very small, “F.’. Jaley. Ft. Anno 5809.” On the left of the shield a hand extends from clouds, and below erect a sword: on the right, another holding a trowel. Legend above, “Pro Opera Aut Bello.” (For labour or war.) And below, filling out the circle, “In the Lord we put our Trust.”
Engraved in T.N.N., Plate 37, Fig. 4; and in Thory’s Annals (1810), App. 25, Plate 2.
Properties
35 mm. Silver
