Old Lodge Certificate 1869
The images are from an old Lodge Scoon and Perth No.3 certificate given to candidates before Grand Lodge certificates became standard practice. The crest above is the town of Perth crest.
2006 Visit to Ireland One to finish—Bro Des McCulloch PM is the only 242 master to have sat in the chair of the Grand Lodge of Ireland on one of our trips with the brethren from Wallace Masonic No.146. The trip had been arranged by Bro. Gary Walsh PM 146 and some others. It started from an early morning breakfast in the lodge in Newry to a few beers back in Holywood and Bangor that night.
Different Orders Lodges used to confer various degrees until the early 19th C when a stop was made by Grand Lodges. However, here is another set of miniature jewels suggesting it was possible to attend these Orders wearing the following members’ jewels from left to right: Craft, Mark, Excellent Master, Royal Arch, Knight Templar and Rosicrucian.
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