THE MOST ANCIENT AND RIGHT WORSHIPFUL LODGE OF SAINT JOHN
"THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE"
275th SILVER ANNIVERSARY JEWEL
CATEGORIES OF JEWELS
THE M. W. THE GRAND LODGE
275th SILVER ANNIVERSARY JEWEL
ISSUED IN THE YEAR 2000
CONTENTS:-
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1. DESCRIPTION OF JEWEL
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OBVERSE OF JEWEL
IN THE MILLENNIUM YEAR, 2000, THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND CELEBRATED ITS 275th ANNIVERSARY AND TO MARK THE OCCASION THE MEDAL BELOW WAS STRUCK.
THE JEWEL IS SILVER, AND IS ONE OF A LIMITED STRIKING OF 500 PIECES . EACH IS STAMPED INDIVIDUALLY (THIS JEWEL IS NUMBERED 202).
THE RECIPIENT OF THE JEWEL ALSO RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF NUMBER CARD (SHOWN ABOVE).
EACH JEWEL HAS THE IMPRESS OF THE SPECIAL SILVER DATE STAMP FOR THE MILLENNIUM 2000.
THE JEWEL IS SUSPENDED ON A WHITE RIBBON WITH SAINT PATRICK'S CROSS EMBROIDERED THEREON.
ON THE OBVERSE OF THE JEWEL IS A PORTRAIT OF THE 1st EARL OF ROSSE, RICHARD PARSONS, (JANUARY 1702 - 26th JUNE 1741), WHO SERVED AS THE 1st GRAND MASTER IN 1725, TOGETHER WITH THE DATES 1725 - 2000. (THE PAINTING ON WHICH THE PORTRAIT APPEARS TO BASED IS SHOWN BELOW)
REVERSE OF JEWEL
ON THE REVERSE IS THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND
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THE BRONZE VERSION OF THIS JEWEL IS SHOWN ON THE NEXT WEB PAGE.
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Richard Parsons
1st Earl of Rosse
(January 1702 - 26th June 1741)
WEB LINK ~ "1st EARL OF ROSSE"
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