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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Silver Medal: Centenary of the Grand Orient and 40-Years’ Grand Mastership of Prince Wilhelm. 1856
Date:- 1856 - Classification:- Order/Governing Body; Centenary; Person; Anniversary
Country of Origin:- Netherlands -
Description
The inscription explains the design of this beautiful medal, one of the finest ever struck, the laws of heraldry being faithfully carried out with knowledge and care; many of the charges being so small that it is impossible to designate the colour.
Obverse—Bust to the left of Frederick, Prince of Orange, within a border composed of nine shields suspended upon a ribbon. The shield at the bottom contains the arms of Orange, azure billety, or, a lion rampant crowned; or langued gules, in his right pawa sword, in his left a handle of seven arrows banded, argent; in chief, a label of three points. Near the shield the date of his accession to the Grand Mastership, 1816. Passing round from left to right are the arms of his predecessors, with the years oftheir occupancy of the Grand Master’s chair, as follows: “I. 1756-1757: quarterly:1 and 4, or a fuss sable, over all a saltire, counter compony azure and argent; 2 and 3, quarterly: 1 and 4, argent, six fusils in bend sinister azure; 2 and 3, on, a cross between four lions rampant. Reverse.—Inscription in sixteen lines,“ Instituti Magni Apud Butavos Orientis Festum Seculare Agentes Illustrissimi Principis, Aravsiaco Nassaviei Gulielmi Frederici Caroli Per XL. Annos Magni Provinciae Batavae Magistri Effigiem Eivaqve Et Illorum Qui Ante Praefuere Amorum Insignia In Perpetuam Rei Memoriam Avno Argento Aere Excudi Jusserunt Cacmentarii Batavi A° MDCCCLVI.” (The Masons of Holland celebrating thee Centennial Festival of the foundation of time Grand Orient &c.
Properties
61 mm. Bronze
