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Silver Medal: Grand Sphinx. Paris 1804

Date:- 1804 - Classification:- Lodge/Chapter Etc.; Consecration/Dedication

Country of Origin:- France -

Description

The Lodge of the Grand Sphinx was inaugurated at Paris, Nov. 3, 1804. This medal is engraved in T.N.N.m Plate 6, Figure 12.

Obverse—A sphinx couchant, facing the left, upon a dais adorned with palm leaves; in her fore paws she holds two globes, one upon the other, above which is a device “C~—~” somewhat resembling the “Crux ansata,” caled by Merzdorf “The Nile Key.” Legend, “G.'. Sphinx.” In exergue, “5804.”

Reverse.—A triangle, in which is the radiant All-seeing Eye. Legend, above, “Silence Amitie,” the words widely separated, and below, “Bienfaisance” (Silence, friendship, benevolence).