Brown leather valise with brass fastenings. A leather belt has replaced original handle. Suitcase is lined with tan canvas fabric and include a stiff, arched insert to protect the feathered uniform hat ("chapeau"). Used by William Gerard Dixon, a member of Tancred Commandery No. 50 in Belleville, Illinois. The Knights Templar is a fraternal organization related to Freemasonry (called an "appendant body").