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Masonic Knights Templar Toledo Commandery Pin
1900
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
USA: New Jersey, Newark
Celluloid, silk, metal
overall: 4-1/4"h x 2-1/4"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Valley of Columbus, Ohio, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, USA
99.013.32
1900
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
USA: New Jersey, Newark
Celluloid, silk, metal
overall: 4-1/4"h x 2-1/4"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Valley of Columbus, Ohio, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, USA
99.013.32
Masonic Knights Templar Toledo Commandery Pin; celluloid button with Knights Templar cross and crown suspending two ribbons; black ribbon is inscribed "Toledo Commandery, No. 7/ Toledo, Ohio."; white ribbon is inscribed "State Conclave/ Columbus, Ohio, October 16, 1900."
Ribbons and badges have long been ubiquitous at Masonic gatherings. These souvenirs identified participants and their affiliations, commemorated a range of different kinds of meetings, ceremonies, and galas, and were a clear way for members to declare support for their Masonic group.