Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Shrine Badge for Robert Ralston, Disney World 1998
1998
R/G Award Systems
USA: California (Fresno)
metal, enamel, synthetic fabric
overall: 25-5/16"h x 2-3/8"w x 3/8"d; overall: 6-1/4"h x 2-3/8"w x 3/8"d
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2015.033.112

Masonic Shrine Badge for Robert Ralston, Disney World 1998. OBVERSE: Gold-colored metal plate shaped like a tablet (tall and rectangular with sharp lower corners and a rounded top). Along rounded top is stamped text, "124th IMPERIAL SESSION", infilled with black; raised image of Walt Disney World castle underneath with green enamel shrubbery at its base and gold stars shooting out above. Below the castle are five gold stars in a line, underneath them the raised text, "LEWIS B. BRANTLEY / IMPERIAL POTENTATE". Under this, on a rectangular gold plate affixed to the badge, "ROBERT O. RALSTON" is engraved in black. Below name plate is a raised image of two alligators wearing red Shriner fezzes and blue shirts with Masonic imagery on them (a square and compasses with a "G" on the PR, and a Shriner 's crescent and scimitar on the PL); between the alligators is a crescent and scimitar symbol infilled with white and red enamel; the scimitar bears the initials "A. A. O. N. M. S." (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine). Below alligators, the raised text, "19 MOROCCO 98" is infilled in black. Underneath this, on lower border of badge, are the stamped words, "DISNEY WORLD - U.S.A." infilled with black. Side edges of badge decorated with black-infilled, stamped strip. Blue synthetic fabric grosgrain ribbon, affixed to reverse, extends out from bottom of badge, its tip cut in an inverted V shape. REVERSE: Plain gold-colored metal plate has texture from tiny stipples covering most of it; at top is engraved text, "R/G AWARD SYSTEMS / FRESNO, CA"; beneath this is affixed a gold-colored pin for attaching badge to clothing; underneath pin are affixed two gold-colored braces with gold-colored chain attached to them with lobster-claw clasps; chain on PR is 21-1/8' long, and 11-1/16" long on PL. At edges of plate below chains, two patches of adhesive residue are visible on either side; at bottom of plate is affixed a gold-colored metal pin with strip of blue silk grosgrain ribbon sewn on to it; ribbon is 3" long with its bottom edge cut in the shape of a V.