Frederick, Prince of the Netherlands, fifty years Grand Master of Freemasonry, medal struck by order of the lodge "Groot-Orient der Nederlanden"
Also known as: Frederik, prins der Nederlanden, vijftig jaar grootmeester der vrijmetselarij, penning geslagen op last van de loge "Groot-Orient der Nederlanden"
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1866
Silver medal. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: illuminated by the all-seeing eye in a radiant triangle, the Netherlands, depicted as a crowned woman, holds a square and dividers in her left hand and with the other hand places a laurel wreath on an altar bearing the grand master's emblem. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-4220; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 6.1 cm x weight 83.82 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Measurements
- diameter 6.1 cm x weight 83.82 g
- Dimensions museum
- diameter 6.1 cm x weight 83.82 g
Design
- Obverse
- bust of a man within an inscription.
- Reverse
- illuminated by the all-seeing eye in a radiant triangle, the Netherlands, depicted as a crowned woman, holds a square and dividers in her left hand and with the other hand places a laurel wreath on an altar bearing the grand master's emblem.
Identification
- Original title
- Frederik, prins der Nederlanden, vijftig jaar grootmeester der vrijmetselarij, penning geslagen op last van de loge "Groot-Orient der Nederlanden"
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-VG-1-4220
- Museum classification
- erepenning
Catalogue references
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Research required
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