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PRESENTING A VERY RARE VINTAGE HISTORIC AMERICAN PATRIOTIC AMERICAN DUAL MASONIC & ODD FELLOWS HAND-CARVED WOODEN SHIELD-SHAPED PLAQUE! WONDERFUL AMERICAN FRATERNAL SYMBOLIC FOLK ART!
SOLID, CLASSIC & HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL!
A VERY COLLECTIBLE SYMBOLIC RELIC!
FREEMASONRY & ODD FELLOWS!
MANY YEARS AGO TWO-THIRDS OF ODD FELLOW MEMBERS CONSISTED OF FREEMASONS!
USA PRESIDENTS WHO WERE BOTH MASONS AND ODD FELLOWS INCLUDE HARRY TRUMAN, WILLIAM McKINLEY, FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT AND WARREN HARDING! ANOTHER NOTABLE DUAL-MEMBER WAS THE ONE AND ONLY ALBERT PIKE!
THIS PLAQUE REPRESENTS THE ABOVE MEN!
THE ETERNAL MASONIC SQUARE & COMPASS!
FLT! FRIENDSHIP! LOVE TRUTH! ODD FELLOWS MOTTO!
STARS & STRIPES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!
"G"!` THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE!
BEAUTIFUL SYMBOLS & STARS WITH STRIPES!
MASTERFULLY CRAFTED BY A FOLK ARTIST!
A STRING IS ON TOP FOR READY DISPLAY!
MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ INCHES!
THE GREAT ETERNAL SYMBOLS OF FREEMASONRY & ODD FELLOWSHIP COME ALIVE IN THIS SPECIAL AMERICAN PATRIOTIC CARVED WOOD PLAQUE!...IT WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME!
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Presenting a Very Rare and Highly Unusual Vintage Historic American Patriotic symbolic Hand-Carved Wooden dual-Masonic and Odd Fellows Folk Art Plaque. Super-Collectible! At one time in history two-thirds of Odd Fellow members were also Freemasons. And here on this beautiful plaque, the Masonic Square and Compass and the Three Links of Odd Fellowship appear together proudly with the American Stars and Stripes! US Presidents who were both Masons and Odd Fellows include McKinley, Harding, F.D. Roosevelt and Truman. Another notable dual member was Albert Pike. And there were many more. Both so-called Secret Societies had a lot in common, with the Odd Fellows having been heavily inspired by Masonry. We do not know the age of this item. Our guess is perhaps 1950’s or 40’s, could also be earlier or later.
Truly inspirational! In very good vintage condition with only some normal expected minor wear (there are two superficial small thin hairline cracks on back at the top. They do not go through. No problems here. Measures approximately 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches. A VERY RARE VINTAGE HISTORIC AMERICAN PATRIOTIC AMERICAN DUAL MASONIC & ODD FELLOWS HAND-CARVED WOODEN SHIELD-SHAPED PLAQUE! WONDERFUL AMERICAN FRATERNAL SYMBOLIC FOLK ART! We regularly feature extremely attractive and also very rare, top quality antiques including among the finest in Fraternal and Masonic Swords and Historic Relics as well as many other fascinating items. Among our clients are Museums and Archives as well as many collectors the world over. Please keep checking our Classicliterati auctions. We try to describe items to the best of our ability. Please ask all questions prior to bidding. FREE SHIPPING IN USA. Payment is expected within 5 days of auction close. FOREIGN SALES: Shipping this item to another country requires that it will only be sent with full INSURANCE and TRACKING which is EXPENSIVE. International bidders should first ask about exact shipping costs. Payment in $USA funds only. Thank You.
OURS IS A BUSINESS WHICH IS RUN BY MASONS. Among our many clients are Masonic Museums and Libraries as well as collectors the world over. Having always been passionately involved in the study and active documentation of Masonic Arts and Historical Artifacts, it gives us an extra special pleasure to also feature Masonic Collectibles among our various auctions. We relish securing good homes for these most wonderful and beautiful cultural treasures of Freemasonry, thus helping to some degree to insure their survival and appreciation for generations to come.
FREEMASONRY, ODD FELLOWSHIP & MASONS
Known as the "Three Link Fraternity", the various Orders of” Odd Fellows” around the world, while often being mislabeled as belonging to the Masonic fraternity (which they were not), were nonetheless heavily connected to Freemasonry in more then just a small handful of ways. Inspired by Freemasonry, the Odd Fellows as a movement came to America from England (splitting from the “Manchester Unity Order of Odd Fellows”) and by the 1880's they had become one of the largest (and due to their phenomenal insurance benefits, they at one time were THE largest) of all so-called "Secret" or Fraternal Societies in the United States (even outnumbering the Masons). While borrowing many Masonic symbols and regalia, such as the use of Aprons, images of Skulls, Beehives, the All-Seeing-Eye, Globes among hundreds of other Masonic elements and also following along the esoteric and spiritual lines of the Masonic Brotherhood, the Odd Fellows performed a wide variety of colorful and esoteric oriented rituals and initiations. Unjustly condemned by misguided segments within Catholicism and some other churches as being an Occult organization, with Pagan and even Satanic ideals, the misunderstood Odd Fellows, nonetheless thrived greatly during that early period. Standing for the universal human principles of "Friendship, Love and Truth", the group formed a significant nucleus of esoteric America and other parts of the world such as England, the Netherlands, Australia, etc. It should be mentioned that the Odd Fellows, like the Masons existed all over the world. While today no longer a prominent presence, curiously, there are still branches in Europe, Australia, etc. One often recognizes this Order by the three letters, "FLT" which stand for "FRIENDSHIP, LOVE & TRUTH" and which appears on much of their regalia. Their mottos included the following: VISIT THE SICK, RELIEVE THE DISTRESSED, BURY THE DEAD and EDUCATE THE ORPHANS. Much forgotten is the fact that (perhaps because of the insurance benefits), over two thirds (if not more) of all Odd Fellows consisted of members who also belonged to Masonry. Although today quite a small organization, we ourselves are aware of individual Odd Fellow members who are also active in their Masonic Lodges. The military-like “Patriarchs Militant”, once a spectacular feature as units in massive parades, with their extravagant costumes and brandishing their highly ornate swords, betray the obvious influence of the Masonic Order of Knights Templar.
Dual membership in Odd Fellowship and Freemasonry was once very common. For reference purposes, below are two historic photographs: The first shows a jointly owned old building which served both as Odd Fellows Hall and Masonic Temple:
This 19th Century Tombstone shows how very passionate this individual was about his membership in both the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders.
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A UNIQUE HISTORIC VINTAGE SYMBOLIC PLAQUE
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