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May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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SWEDEN. Gustaf V/Masonic Silver Medal, 1927. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
Ehrensvärd-269. Diameter: 56mm; Weight: 88.83 gms. By E. Lindberg. Commemorating the king's 50th year as a mason. Obverse: + GUSTAF V SVERIGES KONUNG IX FRIM - PROV - V - S - V -, bare head left / GENOM TÖCKNEN MOT LJUSET (through the mist to the light), eagle, with head right, standing left atop rocks and among the clouds and star-filled sky; AV SVENSKA / STORA LANDS- / LOGEN - TILL MINNE AV / ÅREN / 1877-1927 across lower field. Edge: SILVER 1927. Amber-gray toning, with some hints of cobalt around the devices on the obverse; a few scattered marks are noted for completeness.
Ehrensvärd-269. Diameter: 56mm; Weight: 88.83 gms. By E. Lindberg. Commemorating the king's 50th year as a mason. Obverse: + GUSTAF V SVERIGES KONUNG IX FRIM - PROV - V - S - V -, bare head left / GENOM TÖCKNEN MOT LJUSET (through the mist to the light), eagle, with head right, standing left atop rocks and among the clouds and star-filled sky; AV SVENSKA / STORA LANDS- / LOGEN - TILL MINNE AV / ÅREN / 1877-1927 across lower field. Edge: SILVER 1927. Amber-gray toning, with some hints of cobalt around the devices on the obverse; a few scattered marks are noted for completeness.
Entering the lodge as a mason at the age of 19, the future king Gustaf V would eventually serve, in his role as the king of Sweden, as the Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons. Here, Lindberg commemorates the king's 50th year as a mason.
Estimate: $100 - $200