- Title:
- Medal for Lodge 'Freie Forschung und Duldsamkeit', No. 649, Essen, Germany.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, Germany
- Brief description:
- Bronze coloured metal medal with hanging loop and shaped edge. On the obverse central to the design is a relief depiction of an open book surmounted by a heart and a quill. Beneath this is a sprig of leaves. Behind it is a triangle and a sun with rays. Encircling this is a border mounted by relief text reading 'LOGE “FREIE FORSCHUNG V. DULDSAMKEIT” / ESSEN'. The reverse is blank.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry Germany
- Comments:
- The German text 'LOGE “FREIE FORSCHUNG V. DULDSAMKEIT” / ESSEN' translates as 'LODGE 'FREIE FORSCHUNG UND DULDSAMKEIT', ESSEN'.
- Comments:
- Lodge 'Freie Forschung und Duldsamkeit', No. 649, was founded in Essen, Germany, on 30th November 1919. Its name changed to Lodge 'Schiller', No. 649, in 1946.
- Comments:
- The cataloguing of the medal collection at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry was supported by a grant from Arts Council England in 2013.
- Content - description:
- Book, Heart, Quill, Sprig of leaves, Sun with rays
- Dimension:
- H: n/a W: n/a D: 1 Dia: 53 Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- 17/04/1962
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, Germany
- Object number:
- M2013/609
- Object production date:
- n/k
- Object production place:
- Germany
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a9cde715-0485-3edf-adf5-817f26389106
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a9cde715-0485-3edf-adf5-817f26389106, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
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