91. Lodge Plaque, "Romania Lodge, Grand Orient of Italy", engraver Awes Munze, Berlin, 1921, very rare piece

The plaque has the shape of the entrance to the Temple. In the foreground, two young women (Romania and Italy) are standing over the Capitoline Wolf. In the middle is a candelabrum with a lit candle, flanked by a trowel and a hammer. The two characters are looking towards the altar in the second plan, flanked by the two columns J and B. Between the columns is an altar with a Sphinx, Moses is next to it. Above the column J, a shield with the coat of arms of Italy, above the column B, a shield with the coat of arms of Romania. On the front of the Temple, between the shields, is a semicircular legend: L.:ROMANIA/C:O.:I:.. Under the she-wolf, at the bottom, is the engraver's mark AWES MUNZE BERLIN.

Dimensions

width 4 cm, height 6 cm

Description

gilded silver

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