Playmat Won At The Masonic Festival Of November 26, 1899

Intended for use during card games where you insert your game in the groove you have in front of you, on the frame stick, this game mat was the subject of a celebrated lottery, as indicated by label on the back, November 26, 1899; Of Masonic obedience, the Union Fraternelle governed the orphanage created on February 24, 1862; In 1894, it had 125 different lodges and 84 children, taken care of for their education and their future profession; For 25 centimes, the participating brothers benefited from the raffle and the winner of the carpet was Mr Bernède with the n ° 2992 (?). This modest object testifies to philanthropy at the end of the century and to the influence of the omnipresent Masonic obedience, active at the time of the Dreyfus affair. Free shipping for France.