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France - 1806

Loge de la Clémente Amitié

Obverse:

A man, naked, except for a small cloak hanging from his shoulders, walking to the left unharmed through flames which surround him; his arms crossed upon his breast. In the right hand corner, in very small letters, GAYRARD.

Exergue:

L.^.. D.^.. H.^.. CLÉMENTE AMITIÉ in two li

Size:

18 mm.

Reverse:

The square and compasses, around which are entwined acacia* branches; within, C A in a cypher of script letters.

Vern's Comments:

The description comes from a rare book on Freemason's medals. The author listed the medals size in sixteenths of an inch. So it was actually 1 1/8". Marvin LII.
Julius 1695-1696. 10.2 grams.

I've chosen to display the medal as you see it because the three authorities besides Marvin were agreed on the obverse and reverse. In addition Forrer states in his article on Gayrard that the piece was engraved in 1807 instead of 1806.

Edwards:

Edwards - 242

Plate XVII. No. 5

31st December, 1806.

Jetton.

Lodge of Clement Friendship.

R. Clement friendship.

A man, with his arms crossed upon his breast, traversing the flames which fill the field of the medal. Exergue: L.^.. D.^.. H.^.. CLÉMENTE AMITIE. (Lodge of Clement Friendship.)

R. The open compasses and square, in the centre of which are interlaced the letters: C A (Clémente Amitié — Clement Friendship). The whole is surrounded with two olive-branches. [28"]

Inedited. Cabinet of Madame Sœhnée.

The Lodge of Clement Friendship, at Paris, was installed 8th March 1805.

Bramsen:

Bramsen - 613
Loge de la Clémente Amitié.

Un homme, les bras croisés, traverse des flammes.

Rev: Un compas ouvert et une équerre, dans le centre desquels sont entrelacées les lettres: C A. Le tout est entouré de deux branches d'olivier.

Exergue: L.^.. D.^.. H.^.. CLÉMENTE AMITIÉ.

Jeton, 28 mm. - T. N. 17, 5.

Marvin:

Silver and bronze. Size 18**. Medal struck by the Lodge de la Clemente Amitie, Paris.
* I consider the branches to be acacia, though Merzdorf calls them olive; but they are the same as others which he calls acacia elsewhere.
** The date of this Medal is uncertain; Merzdorf supposes it to have been struck in 1806, which is probably too early. The dies are believed to be yet in use. The Lodge was opened on the 8th of March, 1805; it is still working, and has a chapter and areopagus or council attached,*** by the latter of which the previous Medal was struck.
*** It may be proper to state, that the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted or Scottish rite are not conferred in France as in America. Many of the Lodges under the Grand Orient of France, are "chapitrale", that is, having a "chapter" connected, which confers the degree of Rosecroix; others are both "chapitrale" and "areopagite," conferring the degrees up to the thirtieth. The "Grand College of Rites" has the sole power to initiate into the thirty-first, thirty-second, and thirty-third and last degree of the Scottish rite. (See Calendrier Maçonnique du Grand Orient de France for 1876, p. 40.) This explains why the figure 30 is found on Medals of the French Councils, as on LI, &c.

d'Essling:

d'Essling - 2104
Loge de la Clémente Amitié, 1806 (Gayrard).

Homme, traversant des flammes.

R. Compas, équerre, et monogr.

(TN. 17.5 B. 613 — Z. 727). Arg. et br. 28 mm.

Loge de la Clémente Amitié