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France - 1812

Loge de la parfaite union, Valenciennes

Obverse:

Two female figures standing, and clasping hands.

Legend:

LOGE DE LA PARFAITE VNION A L'ORIENT DE VALENCIENNES.

Exergue:

as a mint-mark (?) a lion rampant.

Size:

26 mm.

Reverse:

The square and compasses, within which is a radiant triangle, bearing the Hebrew tetragrammaton.

Legend:

CONSTANTIA MERUERE LUMEN * [By constancy they have merited light.]

Vern's Comments:

Bronze. Size 16*.
* This is engraved in Tresor Numis Nap. pl. 56, fig. 3, where the date is said to be probably 1812. See XXII for another Medal of this Lodge.

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".
Marvin CCL.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 1209
Loge de la parfaite union, Valenciennes.

LOGE DE LA PARFAITE UNION A L'ORIENT DE VALENCIENNES. Deux femmes debout et drapées, se tenant par la main.

Rev: CONSTANTIA MERUERE LUMEN. Le triangle, au centre duquel des caractères hébreux; en haut le compas; en bas, l'équerre.

Jeton, 26 mm. - T. N. 56, 3.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 2359
Valenciennes, Loge de la parfaite union, 1812.

Deux femmes deb. se donnant la main.

R. CONSTANTIA MERUERE LUMEN. Triangle rayonnant, compas et équerre.

(TN. 56.3 B. 1209). Arg. 26 mm.

Loge de la parfaite union, Valenciennes