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France - 1820

Loge des Disciples de ST. VT. Paul

Obverse
Obverse:
Saint Paul with a child on one watches over a sleeping child.
Legend:
▭ DES DISCIPLES DE ST. DE PAUL .
Exergue:
HUMANITE / L. DUBOUR F.
Size:
32.1 mm.
Reverse
Reverse:
The two pillars, between which are the eye, ear, and mouth, below the square and compasses.
Exergue:
O... DE PARIS. / 5820

Marvin:

CLIII.
Obverse, St. Paul, or perhaps a brother of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul, with a child on his right arm, standing by a sleeping child.
Legend, ▭ DES DISCIPLES DE ST. PAVL, 5820.
In exergue, in two lines, HVMANITE. DVBOVR F.
Reverse, The two pillars, between which are the eye, ear, and mouth, below the square and compasses.
In exergue, O... DE PARIS. 5820 in two lines. Copper. Said to be of the size of 13½ lines in “Solstice d'hiver,” 1829, p. 33, quoted by Merzdorf.96

96See his description, pp 78-9 No.110. This Medal resembles very closely an octagonal jeton my collection, next described.

Loge des Disciples de ST. VT. Paul

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Loge des Disciples de ST. VT. Paul

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