Some Continental Lodge Jewels .

founded in 1778 , and its union with Zorohabel took p lace in 1855 . The jewels of Swiss lodges are tasteful and often very artistic . No . 11 is a well-struck medal worn b y the members of Amis de la Verite at Geneva , founded in 1856 . It hears

clasped hands beneath a pair of balances on the obverse , and a square and compass on the reverse , with inscription giving the name and date of the lodge . No . 12 belongs to Zur Freundschaft und Bestandigkeit ( Friendship and Constancy ) , founded at Basel in 1808 . It is

Xos . ' . 1 . t 1 , HUNGARIAN ; Nos . 7 , H , n , & 10 , DANISH ; Xo . 13 , SWISS ; Nos . 15 , HI , & 17 , FRKNCH ; Xos . 211 , 22 , 2 . 1 , . * 21 , CKIIMAN .

a five-pointed silver star , worn from a blue ribbon . On one side is a Phoenix rising from a flaming altar , with the inscription " Peril ut vivat , " and on the other "A . Ost . V . Basel " above a mallet and trowel crossed . No . 13 is of Lodge Liherte at Lausanne , dating from 1871 . It consists of compass and square , enclosing a cap of Liberty

( the square bearing the name ) , pendant from a ribbon of red , white edged , being the national colours . On the ribbon is a green circle with a five-pointed silver star around a G . No . 14 belongs to Lodge II Dovere at Lugano , founded in 1877 , and received into the union of Swiss lodges in 1883 , which dates are inscribed at the sides of the obverse , on the

double snake forming the edge . Within are square , compass , and star with G , as well as the name and place of the lodge . On the reverse are acacia leaves and the words " Liberti , Eguaglianza , FYatellanza . " French jewels , as might be expected , are of elegant design and workmanship , hut often difficult to trace from the absence

of the name of their meeting place . Nos . 15 , 16 , 17 , all suffer from this omission . The first named is of silver ; the second gilt with a red ribbon edged with yellow and black . The third is a starheaded compass and segment of a circle enclosing two clasped hands . On one

side of the segment is inscribed " In Unione salus , " with the same in French on the other . The ribbon is red . No . 18 is a handsome silver medal , worn from a ribbon of scarlet , orange , and pale blue . On the obverse is a finely modelled winged figure standing on a globe , surrounded by a glory , and holding aloft a triangle , compass , and star . Around

is the inscription , " L j . ¦ . ! Les Amis Du Progres , " and on the globe , " Paris , 1880 . " On the reverse are the customary square , compass , G , and acacia leaves . No . 19 is an extremely rare jewel , being that of a Russian lodge , in which country Freemasonry has been prohibited since 1822 . The lodge was founded in 1804 , and named Alexander