THE MOST ANCIENT AND RIGHT WORSHIPFUL LODGE OF SAINT JOHN
"THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE"
275th BRONZE ANNIVERSARY JEWEL
CATEGORIES OF JEWELS
THE M. W. THE GRAND LODGE
275th BRONZE ANNIVERSARY JEWEL
ISSUED IN THE YEAR 2000
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1. DESCRIPTION OF JEWEL.
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IN THE MILLENNIUM YEAR, 2000, THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND CELEBRATED ITS 275th ANNIVERSARY AND TO MARK THE OCCASION THE ABOVE MEDAL WAS STRUCK.
THIS JEWEL IS A BRONZE ANTIQUE FINISH VERSION OF THE LIMITED SILVER EDITION AND THE NUMBER OF BRONZE JEWELS ISSUED WAS 5000.
OBVERSE OF JEWEL
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 ~ (THE PAINTING ON WHICH THIS PORTRAIT APPEARS TO BASED IS SHOWN BELOW.)
ON THE REVERSE IS THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE M.W. GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND AS THE SILVER VERSION.
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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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