Badge, Membership
Object number2015.16.1 a,b
Date1897
MediumSilk; Metal; Brass(?); Enamel
Credit LineEstate of Burton K. Hirsch
DescriptionBlue silk and silver metal Masonic or Freemason badge and metal nameplate.
Dimensions(a) Height 5.5, Width 3.375, Depth 0.25;(b) Height 1, Width 2.5, Depth 0.031.
Inscriptions(a)
Front of silver parts have some text including "1897", "IEH" initials, and "390" in two places.
Back of bottom section's inverted "V" has inscribed text "Presented to / PM Isaac E. Hirsch / BY / McCandless Lodge No 390 / F. & A. M. Dec. 27th 1897".
Back of suspended square at bottom of badge has inscribed text "29" / PAST / MASTER"
(b) Inscribed text on front: "ISAAC E. HIRSCH / WORSHIPFUL MASTER - 1897 / McCANDLESS LODGE #390 F. & A. M."
Previous owner
Isaac E. Hirsch
Related institution
McCandless Lodge No. 390
Terms
On View
Not on viewCollections
1950-1951
1924-1925
c. 1924
1963
