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Copper Medal: Centre des Amis. Paris

Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Members

Country of Origin:- France -

Description

This medal, which Merzdorf names but does not describe, never having seen it, he says is mentioned in 1830 in the “Solstice d’Ete” as having been struck by the Lodge named, which was erected in 1822, which is possibly the date of the jeton, though the manner of cutting it is of an earlier period. There was a Lodge which had borne the same name, and which was one of three Lodges working during the French revolution with the title Guillaume Tell, under Roettiers de Montaleau. Should it be a medal of the latter Lodge it would be interesting to identify it. Findel (Page 433) gives some interesting facts in regard to this Lodge.

Obverse,—The fasces, but without the axe, tied in the centre by a ribbon, the ends of which float away and nearly fill the field. Legend above, “L.’. Du Centre Des Amis,” and below, “0.’. De Paris,”

Reverse.-— Behind a star of nine points, formed by three triangles interlaced, is the sun, a face surrounded by rays filling the field. No legend.