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101547 | SWEDEN. Gustaf V/Masonic silver Medal.

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    101547  |  SWEDEN. Gustaf V/Masonic silver Medal. Issued 1927. Commemorating the king's 50th year as a mason (56mm, 88.83 g, 12h). By E. Lindberg.

     

    + GUSTAF V SVERIGES KONUNG IX FRIM • PROV • V • S • V •, bare head left / GENOM TÖCKNEN MOT LJUSET (through the mist to the light), eagle, with head right, standing left atop rocks and among the clouds and star-filled sky; AV SVENSKA / STORA LANDS– / LOGEN – TILL MINNE AV / ÅREN / 1877–1927 across lower field. Edge: SILVER 1927.

     

    Ehrensvärd 269. About Uncirculated. Amber-gray toning, with some hints of cobalt around the devices on the obverse; a few scattered marks are noted for completeness.

     

    Entering the lodge as a mason at the age of 19, the future king Gustaf V would eventually serve, in his role as the king of Sweden, as the Grandmaster of the Swedish Order of Freemasons. Here, Lindberg commemorates the king's 50th year as a mason.

     

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