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St. John the Baptist Lodge, No. 39, Exeter.; Centenary Jewel

Classification:- Centenary; Lodge/Chapter Etc.

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

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

Description

OBVERSE: Within a wide-bordered outer band, a tablet of silver, with the figure of St. John the Baptist, partially clothed in skins, his arms around a lamb which stands on a bank at his side. Along the outer band, ST JOHN’S 39 LODGE/CENTENARY 1832 the square and compasses at one side and a pentaipha at the other.

REVERSE: Plain.

Ribbon, 32 mm., light blue; hanger, a plain bar.

The Lodge was constituted at Exeter in 1732, and worked continuously except for a period of five years, 1754—9, during which it was erased.

Properties

Oval: 30 x 35 mm. Silver and gilt.