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Lapel Pin Question

Keith C

Registered User
I went to a Visitation in my District last night and since I was Entered in the month of June, that is considered my "Masonic Birthday." Masonic Birthdays are celebrated at every stated meeting So I was among those standing before the Altar to be recognized. It is tradition for the Worshipful Master to give some small gift to everyone celebrating a Masonic Birthday. Last night the gift was an interesting lapel pin, in the form of a Masonic apron with a Bell on it. After the Meeting, I asked the WM what the significance of this was and he said he had no idea, in January he found a box of these pins in a storage area, no one in the Lodge knew what they were or where they came from, so he decided to give them out as Birthday gifts!

I am attaching a photo of the pin. As there is so much great Masonic Knowledge here I am hoping someone knows what the significance of this pin is!
 

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Buckeye

Registered User
Have never seen a bell used before. May have been used to mark some special occasion or master?
Mike
 

David612

Registered User
Very doubtful that it’s related but in our Souths we use a bell to announce a toast.
So we use bells more than cutlery.
 

Schuetz

Registered User
I've found a few different leads (or grasping straws):

1. There is the Guardian bell, though this is more a general motorcycle thing with the square and compasses slapped on.

2. There is a bell important to the Fort Worth, Texas, area. It was cast in 1782, in London, and made its way to north Texas by the 1850s, settling in Fort Worth Lodge #148.

3. The bell is, if you cannot find the original meaning, a tool of summoning the community (typically a church). Recall how the bell (modernly replaced with a chime) is used in the 3rd degree as the funeral dirge is sung by the gathered Fellowcrafts.

Q. E. L. Schuetz, M.M.
Shekinah Lodge No. 241 • IL
Murphysboro Lodge No. 498 • IL
 

Keith C

Registered User
I seriously doubt 1 & 2, and we have no bell or chime in any of our Degrees.

We do toll a Bell for each Departed Brother in our Memorial Ritual, but don't know why that would occasion a lapel pin.
 

Winter

Premium Member
I seriously doubt 1 & 2, and we have no bell or chime in any of our Degrees.
We do toll a Bell for each Departed Brother in our Memorial Ritual, but don't know why that would occasion a lapel pin.

GlofWI uses a chime in the third degree. But it isn't represented as a bell. I'm leaning towards the idea that Hanzosbm posted about the Liberty Bell.
 

Thanh Chau

Registered User
I was told that the WM jewel has a bell hanging in the middle of the square. That is what we have in our lodge, so maybe it signifies as WM lapel pins.
 

Winter

Premium Member
I was told that the WM jewel has a bell hanging in the middle of the square. That is what we have in our lodge, so maybe it signifies as WM lapel pins.
The many jurisdictions I am familiar with, that is the 47th Problem of Euclid hanging under the square. I've never seen a bell. Can you send a picture? I'd very much like to see itz please.

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Thanh Chau

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The many jurisdictions I am familiar with, that is the 47th Problem of Euclid hanging under the square. I've never seen a bell. Can you send a picture? I'd very much like to see itz please.

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I've might mistaken with that ... I will take a picture and send next time .
 

Winter

Premium Member
Here is what the PM jewel looks like I am referring to from my jurisdiction with the 47th problem under the square.
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Winter

Premium Member
Here's the PM jewel in our jurisdiction:View attachment 6600
That is also used in my jurisdiction. One Lodge I belong to uses that commonly found in the United States. The other Lodge I belong to is an EC Lodge that uses Emulation Rite and UGLE regalia. So I have two sets of everything.

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