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<p>[QUOTE="Timothy barcus, post: 7097743, member: 79837"]Thank you. A gentleman at a freemason museum in Philadelphia responded the following "</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting artifact. There is nothing about it that is Masonic, except, however, the skull and crossbones is/was used by the Knights Templar (I’m referring here to the Masonic appendant body of that name, not the actual knights from, the crusades). Also, between about 1859 and 1915 there were about 400 new fraternal organizations that were founded all across the country, and they all had some sort of symbols. I will send this to a friend who is very active in the KT here in Philly, and see if figures in any part of their installation."</p><p><br /></p><p>I can scratch the masons off the list I'll look into the oddfellows[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Timothy barcus, post: 7097743, member: 79837"]Thank you. A gentleman at a freemason museum in Philadelphia responded the following " Interesting artifact. There is nothing about it that is Masonic, except, however, the skull and crossbones is/was used by the Knights Templar (I’m referring here to the Masonic appendant body of that name, not the actual knights from, the crusades). Also, between about 1859 and 1915 there were about 400 new fraternal organizations that were founded all across the country, and they all had some sort of symbols. I will send this to a friend who is very active in the KT here in Philly, and see if figures in any part of their installation." I can scratch the masons off the list I'll look into the oddfellows[/QUOTE]
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