Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Royal Arch Mark Medal for Jared Sandford
1809-1817
Maker not marked
USA: New York (probably)
Silver
Overall: 2-3/4"h x 1-7/8"w x .026"d; overall: 7 x 4.8 cm; weight: 15.5 g
Museum Purchase
2016.009.1

Masonic Royal Arch Mark medal for Jared Sandford. Silver with scalloped edge along bottom and top. Loop for hanging is attached at top. One side shows an all-seeing eye at the top with a circle below. The border of the circle has initials "HTWSSTKS." In the center is a trephine [medical drill]. At bottom is a winged cherub's head. Engraved on the other side at the top is a square and compasses with a sprig of acacia, ladder and plumb. In the middle is a circle with "Jared Sandford" along the edge and an incomplete archway in the center with a mosaic pavement.

For further information, see blog post, May 24, 2016 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2016/05/new-to-the-collection-jared-sandfords-mark-medal.html