Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic York Rite Knights Templar Conclave Badge
1895
Whitehead & Hoag Co.
USA: New Jersey, Newark
Satin; celluloid; metal
overall: 7 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.; 19.05 x 5.715 cm
Gift of Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr.
89.46.105

Masonic York Rite Knights Templar Conclave Badge; black satin ribbon; silver printing reads "BOSTON. 1895 / ASCALON / Commandery, No. 59, / PITTSBURG / 26th / TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE"; celluloid insignia in center with red cross on yellow background; insignia reads "KNIGHTS / TEMPLAR / IN HOC SIGNO VINCES / WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. NEWARK, N.J."; paper label on back reads "COMPLIMENTS OF ___ / Sir Kt.___ / THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO., / THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE BADGE, FLAG AND BANNER/ BUSINESS IN THE WORLD/ NEWARK, NEW JERSEY"; printed at top of back of badge in silver "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BADGE MAKERS-NEWARK, N.J."; metal pin attached to back of ribbon.