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Silver Medal: Jubilee of the Grand Lodge of Holland. The Hague. 1808

Date:- 1808 - Classification:- Order/Governing Body; Jubilee

Country of Origin:- Netherlands -

Description

Struck in honour of the Semi-Centenial of the Grand Lodge of Holland, in 1808.

Obverse.—-A temple front, with, steps and columns partly concealed by clouds; before it, in the centre, is a fountain playing, on the front of which is the plumb; around the altar are three burning tapers; on the left is a pilar surmounted by a globe, and on the right another, on the top of which is a triangular level. In the foreground a rough ashlar, near which is a sprig of acacia, a perfect ashlar, across which lies a Iighted torch, and a butterfly fluttering towards the flame. Above is a five-pointed radiant star, partly concealing the circle of the zodiac which extends from one pillar to the other,

Reverse.—Inscription, in nine lines, “Liberorum Qui in Regno Hollandiac Sunt Cacmentariorum Sodalitio Festiva Dimidie Peracto Saeculo Dies Iluxit VI~CCC VIII” (The Festival Day of a completed half century has shone on the Fraternity of Freemasons in the Kingdom of Holland, 5808). Above is a radiant sun, and below are two crossed branches of olive.

Engraved in M., Plate 10; Z., Book 4, Plate 3; and A.Q.R., 1859, Page 43.

Properties

34 mm. Silver