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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: Lodge Perseverance to Bro. P. G. C. Van Geusau. Maastricht. 1860
Date:- 1860 - Classification:- Person; Commemorative
Country of Origin:- Netherlands -
Description
The word Jonkheer is a minor title of nobility in Holland. Van Geusau was Grand Keeper of the Seals from 1855 to 1879, and filled many high offices in the Grand Orient of the Netherlands.
Obverse -- Naked bust in profile to the right, under which, in very small letters, “Karel Wiener.” Legend, "Jhr .'. P. G. C. Van Geusau Groot Officier Bij Het Groot 0 .’. Van Nederland” (Jonkheer P. G. C. Van Geusau, Grand Officer of the Grand Orient ofthe Netherlands).
Reverse,—Near the top of the field the square and compasses crossed; a trowel on the right and a gavel on the left, having their handles crossed, are placed within the square, and two branches of acacia surround the implements. Aboveare the letters “W .’. K .'. S .’.” (for Wysheid, Kragt, Schoonheid, or Wisdom, Strength, Beauty), and below, the inscription in nine lines, the second and last curving, and a dash between sixth and seventh, “Hulde Voor Strijd En Volharding Aan Den Voorz.'. Mr .'. Jhr .'. P. G. C. Van Geusau Door De RB .'. Vrijmetselaren Der [ ] La Persévérance — Maastricht Den 24 Junij 1860” (In honor of the courage and perseverance as Presiding Master of Van Geusau, from the brethren Freemasons of the Lodge Perseverance — Maastricht, June 24th, 1860). A small sprig of acacia having three branches fills the space on each side, between the ends of the third line and those of the second, which curve upward.
Properties
50 mm. Bronze
