wm5806 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 After some messages regarding the last portrait photograph I posted, I thought you might enjoy another!This distinguished and senior Brother is wearing the regalia of a Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden in the old Province of Kent (before it split into East and West Kent, I think in 1981). My only information is that it dates from around or after 1897, as he's wearing a jewel for HM Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (which also has the bar for the special meeting in the Royal Albert Hall. The Festival Steward's jewel of 1892 for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution is also at the very bottom of his collection. There is also a Royal Arch Past Principal's breast jewel top-right.The jewel at the top of his collection is one of the 'special', pre-regulation Centenary jewels for Union Lodge of Margate.If anyone recognises his other jewels I would love to hear from them.[attachmentid=25573] [attachmentid=25574] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm5806 Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 Well, here's another one (although it may have been posted in another part of this forum), a Provincial Grand Deacon from Warwickshire.See how many jewels you can identify...Just love the detail on his collar![attachmentid=25610] [attachmentid=25611] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm5806 Posted February 2, 2006 Author Share Posted February 2, 2006 My best guesses for the PrGD (Warks) jewels:1 Past Master's jewel - which Lodge?2 Past Master's jewel - which Lodge?345 Past Master's jewel - which Lodge?6 Combined Charity jewel ('Duke of Sussex')7 8 Possibly a PM jewel - which Lodge?9 Royal Masonic Institute for Girls - Festival Steward 190410 11 Knights' Templar Centenary jewel12 13 Royal Masonic Institute for Boys - Festival Steward 190214 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution - Festival Steward 190315 Royal Masonic Institute for Girls - Festival Steward 190116 Royal Masonic Institute for Boys - Festival Steward 190517 Royal Masonic Institute for Boys - Festival Steward 189818 HM Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee jewel (1897)19 Quatuor Coronati Correspondence CircleHope you can fill in the blanks?[attachmentid=25667] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mravery Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Great photographs !!!CheersMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 (edited) I collect mainly Imperial German royalty postcards, but occasionally something else catches my eye.Here are two distinguished Masons I ran across....................The Duke of Connaught Edited June 26, 2006 by Mike Dwyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Wilhelm I, German Kaiser and King of Prussia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm5806 Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 A less noble but no less decorated Past Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons[attachmentid=45030] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djedj Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Bonjour,Here's a commanding Scottish gentleman - is he wearing Masonic medals ?(Pray excuse the ignorance of the uninitiated...)Medals detail ; any idea what they could be ?Sporran details :Cheers !Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm5806 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Hi JeromeThanks for the photograph - very nice - but I'm not convinced that the medals are masonic.There are two reasons for this: firstly, I don't recognise them although Scottish medals are different to English, nor do they have any obvious Masonic symbols; secondly, I wouldn't expect him to be wearing Masonic medals if he's not wearing the rest of his Masonic regalia (apron and, in Scotland, a sash as well).The crest on the sporran looks more like a clan emblem to me, but I'm no expert.Are there any other members of the list with knowledge of Scottish clan emblems?RegardsRichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Hi JeromeThanks for the photograph - very nice - but I'm not convinced that the medals are masonic.There are two reasons for this: firstly, I don't recognise them although Scottish medals are different to English, nor do they have any obvious Masonic symbols; secondly, I wouldn't expect him to be wearing Masonic medals if he's not wearing the rest of his Masonic regalia (apron and, in Scotland, a sash as well).The crest on the sporran looks more like a clan emblem to me, but I'm no expert.Are there any other members of the list with knowledge of Scottish clan emblems?RegardsRichardOne of the medals he is wearing is a Primrose League badge. The Primrose League was founded in 1883 as a organisation for propogating the ideas of conservatism and to give it a wide grass roots appeal. It ceased to exist in the 1990sPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The hand with the cross (an ancient alarm signal and the precursor for the US KKK cross burning) is commonly used as an arms adornment by many clans-notably the Macdonalds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djedj Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 MANY THANKS Paul, Richard and Ulsterman !(I hope the objectives of the Primrose League, whatever they may have been, won't create with the other distinguished gentlemen featured in this thread ...)Cheers ! Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wm5806 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 One of the medals he is wearing is a Primrose League badge... PaulAbsolutely correct - I didn't recognise it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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