Lot 4217

Description

Masonic tribute medal, Lodge Samaritan No.50 UGL of NSW, in 15ct gold (approx wt 24.5g), pin clasp with dates, '1866 - 1913', central medal features engraving of good Samaritan with donkey helping sick man, reverse of this inscribed, 'Presented/To/Wor Bro Fredk. Smith,/by the Bretheren of/Lodge Samaritan No.50,/on 8th January 1913/As a Mark of their Regard/& Esteem on the occasion/of his 80th Birthday.', and on the reverse of the suspended square, 'A Mason for 47 Years/& a Foundation Member of/Lodge Samaritan./4th July 1876.' Tape residue on back of ribbon, otherwise nearly uncirculated.

Wor Bro Frederick Smith died in May 1914 and was buried at Gore Hill Cemetery.