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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: Amis de l’Ordre. Paris 1823
Date:- 1823 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Members
Country of Origin:- France -
Description
This medal, which is not mentioned byMerzdorf, is described from the late Pythagoras Collection. The name of the Lodge may have a double meaning. Friends of Order, or Friends of the (Masonic) Order. The Lodge, while on the roll of the Grand Orient for 1876, is dormant.
Obverse.—A temple surrounded by rays, its front supported by four pillars: in the pediment a radiant five-pointed star. Between the centre pillars a radiant delta: between those on the left “J,” and those on the right “B.” Below, very small, “ Feuvrier F.” Legend above, “Amis de l’ordre 0.. De Paris,” In exergue, “5823.”
Reverse,—A closed wreath of acacia and olive, tied at the bottom by a ribbon, enclosing the letters “L. D. A.” in a script monogram.
Properties
Octagonal: 34 mm. Bronze
