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<p>[QUOTE="Happy!, post: 3932204, member: 237"]Sorry I posted and ran, work got crazy as usual. I also thought maybe it was the roman numerals II, which confounded me even more. Never even thought it could be an "o", which [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] suggested.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that led me to KOM, saw some entries for Egypt....then said shoot, try "KOM" in eBay...evidently it stands for Knights of Momus, a Mardi Gras society...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Momus1907king.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus" rel="nofollow">Knights of Momus - Wikipedia</a></p><p>The Knights of Momus ("KOM") were a Mardi Gras society in Galveston, Texas, founded in 1871. The original Knights of Momus went defunct around the time of World War II.A new group was founded in the mid-1980s, and seeking to rekindle the spirit of the original group, adopted the Momus name.</p><p>en.wikipedia.org</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.knightsofmomus.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=331278&module_id=368004" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.knightsofmomus.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=331278&module_id=368004" rel="nofollow">https://www.knightsofmomus.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=331278&module_id=368004</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/K-O-M-PIN-12-KT-GOLD-NEW-ORLEANS-MARDI-GRAS-KREWE-FAVOR-LAN281-/123941130940" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/K-O-M-PIN-12-KT-GOLD-NEW-ORLEANS-MARDI-GRAS-KREWE-FAVOR-LAN281-/123941130940" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/K-O-M-PIN-12-KT-GOLD-NEW-ORLEANS-MARDI-GRAS-KREWE-FAVOR-LAN281-/123941130940</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Happy!, post: 3932204, member: 237"]Sorry I posted and ran, work got crazy as usual. I also thought maybe it was the roman numerals II, which confounded me even more. Never even thought it could be an "o", which [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] suggested. But that led me to KOM, saw some entries for Egypt....then said shoot, try "KOM" in eBay...evidently it stands for Knights of Momus, a Mardi Gras society... [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Momus'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Momus1907king.jpg[/IMG] Knights of Momus - Wikipedia[/URL] The Knights of Momus ("KOM") were a Mardi Gras society in Galveston, Texas, founded in 1871. The original Knights of Momus went defunct around the time of World War II.A new group was founded in the mid-1980s, and seeking to rekindle the spirit of the original group, adopted the Momus name. en.wikipedia.org [URL]https://www.knightsofmomus.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=331278&module_id=368004[/URL] [URL]https://www.ebay.com/itm/K-O-M-PIN-12-KT-GOLD-NEW-ORLEANS-MARDI-GRAS-KREWE-FAVOR-LAN281-/123941130940[/URL][/QUOTE]
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