Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collar Rebekah Member Jewel
1941-50 (pendants); 2000-17 (chain)
Edwin Robinson Wilmarth, patent holder
USA (likely)
Metal, enamel
overall: 18-1/2"h x 1-3/8"w x 1/8"d
Gift of James J. Bennette
2017.034.17

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collar with pink/green metal chain and pendants. Metal chain features light green, silver, and pink links; silver links smooth, and pink and green ones made up of several layers of twists, some imprinted with criss-cross texture. UPPER PENDANT OBVERSE: Suspended from either end of chain via silver-colored metal, oval-shaped rings is shield-shaped, silver-colored metal IOOF pendant. Pendant has round eyelets at either top corner and a floral-motif raised design around its outer edges. In center of shield is the raised text "IOOF"; underneath this is a raised image of a three flowers (infilled with white and yellow enamel) growing off a stalk with leaves (infilled with green enamel). LOWER PENDANT OBVERSE: Suspended from a single o-ring is a grey-colored metal (possibly aluminum) pendant cast in the shape of a beehive with a circular eye at top for hanging; over a stripe-textured background, it features raised images of, clockwise from top, a dove with an olive branch in its mouth, a daffodil, eight bees swarming around beehive hole, and a crescent moon with seven stars inside. UPPER PENDANT REVERSE: Shield-shaped upper pendant features raised text, "DESIGN PAT. NO. 129407"; underneath is a circular IOOF seal with two figures in the center; underneath this is raised text "TRADE MARK/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." LOWER PENDANT REVERSE: Beehive-shaped lower pendant features (counterclockwise from top) the raised letters "F", "L", and "T" and at center, the official IOOF seal: [arranged along inside edge of circle:] "WE COMMAND YOU TO VISIT THE SICK BELIEVE THE DISTRESSED BURY THE DEAD AND EDUCATE THE ORPHAN / [inside circle, image of two women with symbols between, all-seeing eye above] / [text below image arranged horizontally:] THE SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE / OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF / ODD FELLOWS / 1834".