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138 An Account of the

should subscribe to this plan a like medal shall be presented to be ever after worn
by the Master of the Lodge for the time being.

Of the original 26 Lodges who subscribed and became entitled to the Hall
Medal the following 17 are in being, the remaining 9 having ceased to exist: viz

Grand Stewards Lodge.
Royal Somerset House & Inverness Lodge No 2.
Lodge of Friendship No 6.
Lodge of Emulation No 21.
Castle Lodge of Harmony No 26.
St Albans Lodge No 29.
Britannic Lodge No 33.
Royal Cumberland Lodge No 4I.
Old Union Lodge No 46.
Lodge of Love & Honour No 75.
Shakespeare Lodge No 99.
London Lodge No 108.
Caledonian Lodge No 134.
Lodge of Unanimity No 154.
Lodge of the Nine Muses No 235.
Indefatigable Lodge No 237.
Lodge of Harmony No 255.
It was further resolved/That the thanks of the Lodge be and they are hereby
tendered to the W.M. as well for his generous presentation as far the research and
trouble involved in reproducing the replica of this ancient and honorable badge.

The medal is in silver, 1¾ inches in diameter; the obverse shows a figure of
Fame, standing on a square pavement beside a column on which she is inscribing
minute letters with a style. She holds in her left hand a trumpet and a scroll
showing a drawing of a classical temple. In the background, on the left, is the
scaffolding of a new building, and rays descend from the sky. At the foot is the
date, MDCCLXXX. The reverse has round the margin the words “GRAND