Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic General F.W. von Steuben Medallion Paperweight in original plastic with sticker
1976
Heribert Peiskar
Germany: Birkenfeld
Acrylic, metal, plastic, paper
overall: 3"h x 2.5"w x 1"d
Gift of Warren Richardson, Jr.
2017.022.1

Rectangular, clear plastic paperweight with medallion floating in the middle. The medallion is silver-colored metal and has a portrait of General von Steuben in the middle. On the front, around the portrait, is written, "AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL / 1776-1976 / GEN. F.W. VON STEUBEN / GERMAN AMERICAN PATRIOT MASON." In the center of the reverse side of the medallion is a square and compasses around a sun and the words, "AMERICAN * CANADIAN * GRAND LODGE AF & AM." The paperweight is wrapped in a plastic envelope that is sealed with a blue paper sticker edged with silver that reads, "ACRYL-EINBETTUNG / Heribert Peiskar / 7534 BIRKENFIELD."