Badge, Membership
Object number2015.16.2 a,b
Date1901
OriginCleveland, OH
MediumMetal/Gold/Silver(?)/Enamel/Brass(?)
Credit LineEstate of Burton K. Hirsch
DescriptionMasonic badge and metal nameplate.Dimensions(a) Height 3.375, Width 2.125, Depth 0.25;(b) Height 1, Width 2.5, Depth 0.031.
Inscriptions(a)
Top of badge has blue enamel "G" at center with raised text above "L. L. RICE" and below "HILLMAN LODGE 481".
Bottom of badge has raised text "YOUNGSTOWN".
Back of top section has inscribed maker's mark "...ER BROS / CLEV'D O... / 14K" and inscribed year "1901".
(b)
Inscribed text on front: "LOUIS L. RICE / WORSHIPFUL MASTER - 1901 / HILLMAN LODGE #481 F. & A. M. / YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO".
Previous owner
Louis L. Rice
Related institution
Hillman Lodge No. 481
On View
Not on view1950-1951
1924-1925
1963
c. 1924
1980