Masonic patent of the Lodge of Free Friends at the Orient of Geneva. On paper. Beautiful surround and header with eagle engraved by Christian Gottfried Geissler. In the name of Nicolas Pradier, master cutler. Made on June 1, 1788 in Geneva. A.B.E. (Wear to the folds). Attached is a commission of Conseiller du Roy garde marteau for the mastery of Waters & Forests of Calais, in the name of Jacques Leveux (1786). On vellum.

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