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Masonic Knights Templar Collar with Jewel
1842
Maker not marked
USA
metal, silk, sequins, bullion
Gift of Samaria Lodge #438 and Monroe Commandery #19
2012.060

Masonic Knights Templar collar with jewel. Beige watered silk collar with pleated rosette at point. Rosette has rows of red, white and dark blue pleating. At center is a star of gold bullion and sequins. Suspended from the point of the collar is a star-shaped jewel. One side is engraved with a triangle or delta with a lamb carrying a flag and some Hebrew characters. Above the lamb is a delta or triangle surrounded by glory rays. The other side also shows a triangle or delta in the center with a circle in the middle. Lettering around the circle reads "In Hoc Signo Vinces." In the middle is a Christian cross and serpent. Lettering around the delta reads "Silas Pratt. Columbian Encampment No. 1 New York, Nov. 4th 1842."



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