Badge, Membership
Object number2015.16.3 a,b
Date1903
MediumSilk/Metal/Brass(?)/Enamel
Credit LineEstate of Burton K. Hirsch
DescriptionMasonic badge and metal nameplate.Dimensions(a) Height 5.25, Width 3.688, Depth 0.25;(b) Height 1, Width 2.5, Depth 0.031.
Inscriptions(a)
Front of silver parts have some text including "1903", "LH" initials, "390" in two places, and "G".
Back of bottom section's inverted "V" has inscribed text "Presented to / P. M. Louis Hirsch / BY / McCandless Lodge No 390 / F & A M Dec. 27th 1903".
Back of suspended square at bottom of badge has inscribed text "35" / PAST / MASTER"
(b)
Inscribed text on front: "LOUIS HIRSCH / WORSHIPFUL MASTER - 1903 / McCANDLESS LODGE #390 F. & A. M."
Previous owner
Louis Hirsch
Related institution
McCandless Lodge No. 390
Terms
On View
Not on view1950-1951
1924-1925
c. 1924
1963