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Rh Freemasons of the higher degrees. It has only one class. The King, the presumptive heir to the throne, and the Princes of the royal family, can never divest themselves of the insignia.

The decoration (Tab. III. No. 13) is worn round the neck, and the cross (No. 12) of red cloth or enamel, upon the breast. The middle of the cross shows on the obverse the number XIII, between two C's in monogram, and on the reverse a G within a triangle, the mysterious sense of which is only known to the fraternity.

MEDALS AND BADGES OF HONOUR.

1. Medal for Valour in the Field, is of gold for officers, and of silver for sub-officers and privates, with the inscription: ' For Tapperhet i Fält' (For valour in the field); it is worn upon the left side of the breast. There are some with the effigy of Gustavus III., others, with that of Gustavus Adolph, and again others, with that of Charles John (Tab. IIL. No. 16.)

2. Medal of Svenksund, of gold, weighing from five to ten ducats. It was instituted in commemoration of the naval victory gained in the reign of Gustavus III. over the Russian fleet on the 8th July, 1790, which brought about the peace of the 14th August, of the same year (Tab. III. No. 15).

3. The Seraphim Medal, or Medal for Charitable Institutions.—It is of gold, weighing five ducats, and is bestowed upon those who distinguish themselves by zeal and care for the poor. The obverse bears the portrait of the King with the inscription: 'Fredericus D. G. Rex Sueciae,' and the reverse shows the words: 'Ordo eq. Seraphin. restauratus natali regis