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Jewel & Medal Collection - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
Copper Medal:- Dedication of Masonic Temple. New York 1875
Date:- 1875 - Classification:- Building; Consecration/Dedication
Country of Origin:- USA -
Description
The dies were made by G. H. Lovett, of New York.
OBVERSE.—The new Masonic Temple, New York, showing the fronts on Sixth Avenue and West Twenty-third Street. Above, in two curved lines, “To commemorate the dedication of the Masonic Temple.” In exergue, “June 2, 1875,” in two lines, the second curving.
REVERSE—A wreath of oak leaves; within it, a mosaic pavement approached by three steps; on the right and left, two pillars surmounted by globes; in the centre background is a third pillar surmounted by the letter “G,” over which is a cluster of seven stars; at the top, the All-seeing Eye and rays; between the right and centre pillars, the moon, a ladder of three rounds, and the forty-seventh problem of Euclid; between the left and centre pillars, the sun three burning tapers, and a five-pointed star.
Properties
31 mm. Copper
