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Did you know... that a medal depicting Minerva, sometimes identified as the East India Company's Monghyr Mutiny Medal, may in fact be a Freemasons' award?

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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 15:00, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a medal depicting Minerva, sometimes identified as the East India Company's Monghyr Mutiny Medal, may in fact be a Freemasons' award? "This medal is believed to have been issued on the recommendation of Robert, Lord Clive, to the Indian officers of two Indian battalions who succeeded in quelling a mutiny among the European troops at Monghyr in Bengal, in June 1766." from: "Silver medal commemorating the suppression of the 'Monghyr Mutiny', 1766". Online Collection. National Army Museum, London. Retrieved 4 August 2020. and "the so - called Monghyr Mutiny Medal now allocated to the Minerva Lodge , Leipzig" from: British Numismatic Society (1927). British Numismatic Journal. p. 435.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stuart Threipland

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 17:30, 12 August 2020 (UTC).[reply]

This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:13, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]