Vintage Fraternal Shaving Mug.  The mug is roughly 3-1/2" tall and 3-1/2" across the mouth.  The mug is white with a rose border at the top and "Independent order of Redman" including an image of there insignia in the middle on the front of the shaving mug/cup.  It marked on the bottom C.T. (Altwasser) Germany and has the number #13944 10 written in red.  This is a vintage piece in good vintage condition.  There are no  cracks or chips.  The gold gilt has worn away...and on the lip of the mug there is a wisp of gold gilt that remains.

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"Independent Order of Red Men"

In 1850, the German-language, "Metamora Tribe of Baltimore", refused to pay a benefit, even though the Great Councils of Maryland and the United States decided that it was legal and proper for them to do so. The group then surrendered its charter and formed a new, German-speaking Independent Order of Red Men. It asked the other German-language groups (or Stamms) to join the new group, but few did so. The Independent Order had a height of 12,000 members, though in the 1880s many Stamms returned to the Improved Order.^[20] It still existed in 1896, but according to Albert C. Stevens it gave "no sign of vigorous growth".^[20] In the early 1920s, Arthur Preuss could not get into contact with them, but felt it probably still existed.^[21"