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  • Antique Ceremonial Regalia Spear

    9:57 PM PST, 12/3/2013

    I have several items that came from a New England Gallery that procured numerous collections of early Fraternal Society Ceremonial items from Masonic Temples and Odd Fellows Lodges in New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. Most of the items were from the late 1800s to early 1900s and depicted Clothing, Regalia and Armaments from the Medieval Renaissance and Crusades Eras up to the American Civil War Era. These items would have been manufactured by various companies that made Clothing, Regalia and Ceremonial weaponry for the hundreds of different Society organizations. Some items such as ceremonial swords and clothing were manufactured by the same companies that supplied weapons and gear for the civil war, such as the Ames Sword Company of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. All of the items in my collection were represented as being from Masonic Knights Templar temples or Independant Order of Odd Fellows Lodges. Upon doing extensive research I assume the later. In my current eBay listings I have some garments, a spear, a sword and a Chapeau.