Are these masonic items

[Anthony03]

Greetings all - Are these silver items masonic the one has "silver" on it and they both test out at 9.25 silver. Any help would be appreciated. Kind regards-Alf

[peter monahan]

The other possibility is that someone visited Israel and Egypt.  There was at one point a few years ago, a fad for having one's name 'written' in Egyptian hieroglyphs [each glyp assigned a phonetic value] on a cartouche like this.  When I taught Ancient History my students did it for fun but I'm fairly certain I've seen jewellery done the same way, which might account for the first item.  The fitting attaching the chain to the cartouche has a very modern look to it as well, so my bet would be that it is simply a piece of jewellery.

 

Any symbol/marking on the reverese of either?

 

[Anthony03]

Many thanks Peter - Nothing on the back of the items other than a silver mark on the star.

 

[peter monahan]

  That suggests tourist item to me as well, but my experience with Masonic kit is pretty limited.  The older stuff is usually marked somehow, but noi idea what the modern stuff is like.