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Masonic badge
Masonic badge. A band of openwork surrounding two equilateral triangles crossed, the sun in a triangle, rayed (centre); and compass, entwined by a ribbon with loop; below, artist's monogram entwined by a ribbon. Obverse: Legend (on band): 'DEO REGI FRATRIBUS HONOR FIDELITAS BENEVOLENTIA'. Inscription on star: 'TRUTH PEACE CONCORD' and 'Wisdom Strength Beauty'. Exergue (on ribbon below): 'T . HARPER Fleet Street Fecit'. Reverse: Legend (on band): 'SI TALIA JUNGERE POSSIS SIT TIBI SCIRE SATIS.' Below: 'A . L . [Anno Lucis, 4004 BC] 5803 . A . D . 1799 .' On star: 'M . W . SUCKLING CULTOR DEI CIVIS MUNDI.'; 'Invenimus We have found.' On ribbon below: 'Nil nisi clavis deest 456.' Captain Suckling was a cousin of Admiral Viscount Nelson.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1166 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Badge |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | T. Harper |
| Date made: | 1799 |
| People: | Suckling, M W |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 81 x 51 mm |
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