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Connecticut Grand Lodge of the N.E.O.P.
1911
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
Silk, metal, celuloid
overall: 5-1/4"h x 2-1/8"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr.
2000.031.3
1911
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
Silk, metal, celuloid
overall: 5-1/4"h x 2-1/8"w x 1/4"d
Gift of Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr.
2000.031.3
Connecticut Grand Lodge of the N.E.O. P.; blue ribbon suspended from blank pin bar, reads "CONNECTICUT/ GRAND LODGE/ N.E.O.P./ AT/ WATERBURY/ APRIL 12, 1911"; white ribbon has circular badge hanging from it with 6-pointed star and "CB" entwined initials, "CITY OF WATERBURY/ CONN".
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.