Medallion depicting Prince Hall: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A bronze Prince Hall freemasonry medallion. The obverse features a design of three concentric circles. The innermost circle bears a likeness of Price Hall in relief around which is the text [PRINCE HALL / 1748 / 1807]. The middle ring has text along the bottom that reads [JURISDICTION]. The outer ring features text around the circumference of the medal that reads [FRDSP · MRLTY · BTHLY LVE / F. & A.M.]. The reverse bears a number of Masonic symbols such as the all-seeing eye, square & compass, and the text [UNUM CENTUM].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1807
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Prince Hall, 1735 - 1807
• Type: medals
• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 1/16 in. (3 × 3 × 0.2 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Topic: Free communities of color
• Topic: Freemasonry
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Slavery
• Topic: U.S. History, 1783-1815
• Object number: 2013.46.16
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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