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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Bronze Medal: Baron de Stassart and Eugene Defacqz. 1842
Date:- 1842 - Classification:- Person; Initiation/Installation
Country of Origin:- Belgium -
Description
De Facqz d’Ath, a councillor in the Court of Cassation, was unanimously elected to succeed Stassart as Grand Master of Belgium. His installation was a brilliant affair, over four hundred brethren participating.
Obverse.—Bust of Defacqz to left, wearing the collar of Grand Master. Below the bust, in small letters, “Hart, F.” Legend, “Eugene Defacqz Gr .'. Mait .'.” on the left of the bust, and “De L’orde Mag .'. En Belgique” in two lines, curving to conform to the edge of the medal on the right.
Reverse—Bust of Stassart to left, wearing a coat with a high standing collar embroidered with oak leaves, on his breast a star, and the insignia of various orders; a ribbon, to which is suspended a jewel, is thrown over his right shoulder; on the arm, in small letters, “ Hart, F,” Legend, “Gn, Jh, An. Baron De Stassart.”
Properties
50 mm Bronze
