1810

Scottish Lodge of United Soldiers.

Obverse - France - 1810 Reverse - France - 1810
Obverse - A shield azure, on which the square and compasses proper, (or color not indicated); over the shield and resting on it, a helmet; from behind it appear several flags, on either side.
Legend, L... ECOSS... DES MILITAIRES RÉUNIS * OR... DE VERSAILLES * [Scottish Lodge of United Soldiers, &c.]
Reverse - Three equilateral triangles interlaced, in the centre of which is the radiant All-seeing eye, and surrounding which are laurel branches tied at the bottom by a ribbon.
Legend, UNO AVULSO NON DEFICIT ALTER, VIRTUTI ET GLORIÆ. [When one is torn away another will not be wanting. To valor and glory.]
Edge milled. Struck like a coin.
Silver and copper. Size 18.
 
   The description above comes from a rare book on Freemason's medals. The author listed the medals size in sixteenths of an inch. So the above was 1 1/8". Marvin CCXXXVII.
   The date was written on the old collector's flip that it came in. While Marvin does not date it it's possible that one of the other references listed (Poole 420, HZC 697 or Merzdorf 146) did.