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Royal Medal of the Lodge of Antiquity. Enamel and Gold

Date:- 1843 - Classification:- Members; Lodge/Chapter Etc.

Country of Origin:- England - Province/Region/District:- London

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

Description

Instituted in January, 1812, by H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, then, and until his death in 1843, M.W. Grand Master. This medal was conferred as a mark of distinction on Master Masons raised in the Lodge of Antiquity. It is a regulation of the lodge that tlme sum the medal cost is returned by the lodge, either on the brother honoured ceasing to subscribe, or on his demise to his representative, when the jewel is returned—hence the medal is almost unknown to Collectors. Vide Hughan’s Masonic Reqister.

Obverse.—On the centre of the field an oval shield formed by a wreath, presumably of wheat and olive, bearing azure three crowns or (two over one) after the York “Grand Lodge of all England,” supporters, two Cherubim, facing; like those on the arms of the United Grand Lodge, Crest, tlse Ark of the Covenant, with a cherub bending over it on either side, and a radiant triangle, on which is the All-seeing Eye above. Motto on a ribbon, (Holiness to the Lord), and below it, No. 1. Legend on a crimson garter in gold “letters, Lodge of Antiquity, acting by Imnmemorial, Constitution, London.” A border of gold surrounds the garter, and on a small projection at the bottom, 1843. - Reverse.—On the centre of the field the arms of H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex. Below the supporters a ribbon, azure, for the motto, which does not appear, on the jewel as engraved. Encircling the field the garter, azure, on which in gold letters, “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.” Around all is a gold rim with small projection, bearing the date1843 at the bottom, as on the obverse. The medal is attached to a dueal coronet of gold, and is worn suspended from a crimson ribbon, having a border of green.