- Title:
- Medal commemorating the 75th anniversary of the introduction of freemasonry, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1769-1844.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, Netherlands
- Brief description:
- Silver coloured metal medal. On the obverse central to the design is a relief depiction of a five-pointed star mounted by relief text reading '75'. Encircling this is a wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom. On the reverse central to the design is relief text reading 'IN / MEMORIAM NATALIS / ANNI SEPTUAGE SIMI QUINTI / SOCIETATIS LIB ∴ CAEMENTARIORUM / IN URBE BATAVIA / LEGITIME CONSTITUTAE / QUI CELEBRATUS EST / DIE 16 MENSIS 9 ANNI V ∴ L ∴ 5844 / IN □ P ∴ V ∴ / CUI NOMEN / ASTRUM IN ORIENTE / PRA ESIDE MAGISTRO / F ∴ P ∴ V ∴ / ISAACO PENING / NIEUWLAND'. Encircling this is a looped rope border.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry Netherlands
- Comments:
- The first masonic lodge established in the Dutch colony of Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia, was Lodge 'de Ster in het Oosten'. This medal commemorates its 75th anniversary in addition to the 75th anniversary of the introduction of freemasonry to the country.
- Comments:
- The Dutch text 'IN / MEMORIAM NATALIS / ANNI SEPTUAGE SIMI QUINTI / SOCIETATIS LIB ∴ CAEMENTARIORUM / IN URBE BATAVIA / LEGITIME CONSTITUTAE / QUI CELEBRATUS EST / DIE 16 MENSIS 9 ANNI V ∴ L ∴ 5844 / IN □ P ∴ V ∴ / CUI NOMEN / ASTRUM IN ORIENTE / PRA ESIDE MAGISTRO / F ∴ P ∴ V ∴ / ISAACO PENING / NIEUWLAND' translates as 'IN MEMORY OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOCIETY OF FREEMASONS IN THE CITY OF BATAVIA LAWFULLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH WAS CELEBRATED ON THE 16TH DAY OF THE 9TH MONTH OF THE YEAR OF TRUE LIGHT 1844, IN THE TRUE AND PERFECT LODGE WHICH BEARS THE NAME STAR OF THE EAST, THE TRUE AND PERFECT BROTHER ISAAC PENNING NIEUWLAND BEING ITS PRESIDING MASTER'.
- 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:
- Star, Wreath, Ribbon, Rope
- Dimension:
- H: n/a W: n/a D: 3 Dia: 50 Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- 19/12/1903
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, Netherlands
- Object number:
- M2013/623
- Object production date:
- 1844 (circa)
- Object production place:
- Netherlands
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
- User's reference:
- Poole, Herbert, Reverend (1939) A catalogue of masonic medals in the museum of the Province of Worcestershire, Worcester: Library and Museum Committee, Worcester
- User's reference:
- Hamburgishe Zircle- Correspondenz: Die Deutschen Freimaurer-Medaillen von 1742-1905, Volumes 1-7(1898): Hamburg: F. W. Radmacher
- User's reference:
- Marvin, William T. R. (1880) The medals of the Masonic Fraternity described and illustrated, Boston: T. R. Marvin and Son, Printers
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