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GERMANY. Empire. Dresden Masonic Bronze Plaque, 1911. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 39mm x 59mm; Weight: 58.28 gms. By H. Speiler. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Grand Lodge of Saxony. Obverse: St. John the Baptist standing slightly right, holding crozier and raising hand; to right, Sphinx left; in background, crowned and radiant Masonic arms above the pyramids; Reverse: ZUM GEDENKEN / AN DIE / HUNDERTJAHR- / FEIER / DER GROSSEN / LANDESLOGE / VON / SACHSEN / DRESDEN / 28 SEPTBR in ten lines; all between Doric (strength) and Corinthian (beauty) columns. Edge: Plain. Pleasing brown surfaces, with a few minor spots of red corrosion. A SCARCE and very interesting masonic issue, with aspects of Christianity and Egyptology.
Diameter: 39mm x 59mm; Weight: 58.28 gms. By H. Speiler. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Grand Lodge of Saxony. Obverse: St. John the Baptist standing slightly right, holding crozier and raising hand; to right, Sphinx left; in background, crowned and radiant Masonic arms above the pyramids; Reverse: ZUM GEDENKEN / AN DIE / HUNDERTJAHR- / FEIER / DER GROSSEN / LANDESLOGE / VON / SACHSEN / DRESDEN / 28 SEPTBR in ten lines; all between Doric (strength) and Corinthian (beauty) columns. Edge: Plain. Pleasing brown surfaces, with a few minor spots of red corrosion. A SCARCE and very interesting masonic issue, with aspects of Christianity and Egyptology.
The Grand Lodge of Saxony was formed in 1811 in Dresden, with it reaching a peak membership of 7,200 freemasons in 1930. Just five years later, it was dissolved on account of increasing pressure placed upon the chapters by the Third Reich's Gestapo and SS.
Estimate: $100 - $200