Knights Templar Sword Belt

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Description:

Leather sword belt with black and white grain ribbon. Three metal fasteners and a hook, as welll as silver metal buckle in rectangular shape with a cross infilled with clear red enamel. The inscription above the cross reads "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES." This piece of regalia was 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").

Date Made: prior to 1930

User: Dixon, William Gerard

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

Used: Freemasonry

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Community Organizations

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Credit Line: Mrs. Alan J. Dixon

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0442.02Accession Number: 1982.0442Catalog Number: 1982.0442.02

Object Name: Belt

Physical Description: leather (overall material)metal (overall material)paint (overall material)ribbon (overall material)Measurements: overall: 38 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 97.155 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7cf1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_663453

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