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Lot 935: A Collection of Gilt-Metal Effect and White Metal Masonic Breast Jewels

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A collection of Masonic and Royal Arch Masonic breast jewels of varied designs. The assembly includes a Royal Arch Companion jewel featuring a maroon textile ribbon with gilt-metal effect bars and a circular openwork badge decorated with a central hexagram and the Latin motto SI TALIA JUNGERE POSSIS SIT TIBI SCIRE SATIS. A second jewel comprises a white textile ribbon and a bronze-toned circular badge with a hexagram and the motto DEO REGI FRATRIBUS HONOR FIDELITAS. A large Past Master jewel is present, consisting of a light blue ribbon and a gilt-metal effect square and compasses with a graduated quadrant and a central sunburst motif. The group also features a Mark Master Mason jewel with a red and white ribbon and white metal bars, suspending a pendant shaped as a white porcelain? / enamel? keystone. The keystone is inscribed with a circular seal containing Hebrew characters including ש, מ, ע, י, ה, א, and ל arranged around a central triangle. The metal components show decorative scrollwork and foliate engraving to the bars and hangers.