Badge, Commemorative
- Object Name:
- Badge, Commemorative
- Object ID:
- 2001.016.14
- Creator:
- E.L. Logee Co
- Place of Origin:
- Providence, RI
- Date:
- 1848-1916
- Description:
- Knights Templar Badge. Gold colored metal with colored enamel accents. Upper section shows a knight's helmet with two blue shields, one showing an archer, the other an anchor. A black banner with "BOS/TON" stretches behind the shields. Below are two crossed swords with a black triangle with "1895". Pin hardware is on back of this upper section, below a stamped "MFD. BY/ E.L.Logee Co./ PROVIDENCE R.I./ PAT.JAN.1.95". The lower portion is generally circular in shape and is joined to the upper section by two rings. On top of this section is a black plaque with: "26th TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE". Below, along a large circle is written "OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE U.S." On left side of large circle is a "K", on right side is a "T", both with a black/white background. In center is a white circle with a horseman slaying a dragon. This is surrounded by "GRAND COMMANDERY OF MASS. AND R.I." Between the inner and outer circles are four red triangle shapes and blue rectangles and "T" shapes.
- Material:
- Metal
- Dimensions:
- H-3.25 W-1.875 D-0.375 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor's husband was the grandson of Alfred Asbury Collins.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion W. McPherson
- People:
- Collins, Alfred A. (1848-1916)
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