GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE - TRIPLE HOPE LODGE MAURITIUS... Lot 5

GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE - TRIPLE HOPE LODGE MAURITIUS PORT LOUIS 1858. + GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE ∴ + TRIPLE HOPE + / FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY. Latin radiating cross bearing a crown of thorns. In the field on the left, radiating triangle bearing a radiating sun and GOF ∴ and on the right enneagram surrounding a globe bearing three anchors (the anchor symbolizing hope) and LTE. In arc around top of cross: GLORY - TO GOD and at foot of cross: H.H. PCE L. MURAT G∴ M∴ OF THE O∴. R/. Legend in twenty lines: A∴ L∴ G∴ / D∴ G∴ A∴ D∴ L∴ U∴ / BY INITIATIVE AND DEVOTION / OF R∴ F∴ DESCOMBES (Jn Ane Mtial Amé) / TREASURER OF THE SENATE IN PARIS / S∴ P∴ R∴ S∴ 32ND DELEGATE OF THE 4 AT∴ OF / THE TRIPLE ESPÉRANCE, O∴ OF PORT LOUIS, MAURICE / INSPIRED BY THE SENTIMENTS OF THE FF∴ OF THESE / AT∴ GATHERED, A SOLEMN SERVICE WAS CELEBRATED / AT NOTRE DAME DE PARIS, 20 JULY 1858, / A∴ D∴ WITH THE APPROBATIO OF S∴ E∴ CARD∴ MORLOT, / ARCH∴ OF PARIS FOR THE REST OF THE SOULS OF THE RR∴ FF∴ / LÉCHELLE (Ls Mie Jn Bte) CHENAUX (Ge) DUVERGER (Ls) / PÉNARD (Js Pre), and CHIPAULT BÉRICHON (Ré Gel), OF THE TRIPLE HOPE and LAFONTAN and / DESERI, OF PEACE, O∴ OF MAURITIUS, / DECEASED AT PORT LOUIS AND TO WHOM / THE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF THIS O∴ HAD / REFUSED FUNERAL PRAYERS / BECAUSE OF THEIR QUALITY AS/ F∴ M∴/ L∴ E∴ T∴ Labouret 15 Copper medal. Ø 49.63 mm (54.03 g) Hanging hole. Hammered edge. Fine.