- Title:
- Medal commemorating Lodge Széchenyi, Arad, Hungary, circa 1870.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, Hungary
- Brief description:
- Silver coloured metal medal with hanging hole. On the reverse central to the design is a relief Seal of Solomon. Encircling the central design is relief text reading '□ SZÉCHENYI □ / ARAD'. On the reverse central to the design is relief text reading '00870'. Encircling the central design are two relief oak branches tied at the bottom with a ribbon.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry Hungary
- Comments:
- A National Grand Lodge of Austrian States was formed in 1784 which presided over Provincial Grand Lodges, including Hungary. However, in 1867 Austria and Hungary became separate countries and freemasonry in Hungary flourished. Initially seven lodges were formed through the Grand Lodge of the Sun, Bayreuth, Germany. By 1870 the National Grand Lodge of Hungary was formed and by 1872 a Grand Orient was also formed by the Grand Orient of France. In order to unite under a single authority the Symbolic Grand Lodge of Hungary was formed in 1886, which absorbed responsibility of the National Grand Lodge and Grand Orient.
- Comments:
- As most items are manufactured in the same year they are presented, date of manufacture for this medal is taken to be the same as its presentation date. Please note this manufacture date is speculative as occasionally items are manufactured before or even after the date of presentation.
- 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:
- Seal of Solomon, Oak, Ribbon
- Dimension:
- H: 32.5 W: 29 D: 2 Dia: n/a Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, Hungary
- Object number:
- M2013/713
- Object production date:
- 1870 (circa)
- Object production place:
- Hungary
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/293e7a39-c609-38ea-9aac-6fd8b3a8008c, Museum of Freemasonry, CC BY
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