Society of the Sons of St. George - Medal/coin
fcaldwell03
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Has anyone ever seen a medal or coin like this?
On the front of the medal/coin is a breast and printed above the breast is:
John Sartain President.
Back of medal/coin:
Society
of the
Sons of St George
Philadelphia
For the Advice and Assistance
Of Englishmen in Distress
121st Anneversary May 23rd 1893
The commemorative was actually passed down to me from my grandfather (who was born around the same date)..... He lived in Philadelphia, PA and was a Mason.
Thanks, Fred C
On the front of the medal/coin is a breast and printed above the breast is:
John Sartain President.
Back of medal/coin:
Society
of the
Sons of St George
Philadelphia
For the Advice and Assistance
Of Englishmen in Distress
121st Anneversary May 23rd 1893
The commemorative was actually passed down to me from my grandfather (who was born around the same date)..... He lived in Philadelphia, PA and was a Mason.
Thanks, Fred C
F. Caldwell
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The Order of Sons of St. George were first established in Scranton,
Pennsylvania in 1871. It was originally founded for the purpose of resisting attacks by the Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish immigrant laborers working in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires were founded after the predominately Irish Catholic union called the Workingmen's Benevolent Association was broken up the mine owners and officials.
The Molly Maguires operated in secret, and used the signs, passwords and grips of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (see CATHOLIC ORDERS for more information on the A.O.H.) to conceal their criminal activities, which consisted of raiding mine officials homes, beating them up and threatening them with death, and destroying mine owners property during the labor disputes in the 1860s-1870s.
The Order of the Sons of St. George evolved into an ethnic fraternal benefit society for Englishmen residing in the United States of America, and their sons and grandsons. It offered sick and death benefits to members, benefits, and social activities such as dances, picnics and other lodge activities.
Membership was limited to first-, second- and third-generation Englishmen. There was a female auxiliary called the Daughters of St. George. Both organizations are long defunct.
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