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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1996.14.5 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Masonic Medallion
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1996.14.5 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Masonic Medallion

Date1919
MediumGold plated brass; cotton ribbon
DimensionsComponent (height x width of medallion): 1 1/2 x 1 1/2in. (3.8 x 3.8cm)
Component (length x width of ribbon): 7 x 1 1/2in. (17.8 x 3.8cm)
ClassificationsSocial Groups
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionTriangular gold medallion with Masonic emblems attached to a black ribbon. In the middle of the ribbon is a hook clasp. Original paper package from Noble and Westbrook Manufacturing Company in Hartford.
Object number1996.14.5
MarkingsRecto, on the medallion, "1819 - 100th ANNIVERSARY - 1919 / HARTFORD / FRIENDSHIP / 100F / [left slanted] TRUTH / [right slanted] LOVE"

Various symbols on the medallion include: skull and crossbones, eyes of God, hand, hands shaking, dove, arrow in bundle, tent.

Recto, paper packaging, printed in black ink: "FROM/ NOBLE & WESTBROOK MFG. CO./ 9 Asylum St. HARTFORD, CONN."

Recto, paper packaging, stamped in red ink: "25 [cents symbol]"
On View
Not on view
Gift of Noble & Westbrook Division, Bristol Brass Corporation, East Hartford, CT, 1980.71.1.1 ©…
Noble & Westbrook Division
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 1994.203.3 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Noble and Westbrook
1908
Gift of Mrs. Grace Clarkson Wilcox, 1935.2.119 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Dr. Reynold Webb Wilcox
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.61 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
A. E. Betts
after 1914
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.24 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Royal Arch Masons
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.76 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Royal Arch Masons
Gift of Mrs. J. H. K. Davis, 1959.34.48a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Gift of Sylvia Squires and Debra Harger, 2016.99.11a © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Elvira S. Johnson
1940-1959
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.86 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Royal Arch Masons
after 1817
Estate of Florence S. M. Crofut, gift of Mrs. George H. Day, 1974.50.1643 © 2017 The Connecticu…
Florence Sidette Marcy Crofut
before 1974