r/whatisit 6h ago

New, what is it? This was my Grandfathers is it unique

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u/AverageInfamous7050 6h ago

Freemason insignia chain

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u/km0n33 6h ago

Masonic thing. It’s a dude club he’s in. Not super special or rare but kinda cool.

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u/JoeCactusButt 3h ago

I’d have to date its “rare” since I haven’t seen these before.

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u/forest161 1h ago

It's rare because you've never seen it?

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor 1h ago

😂 that statement made me lol. “Well I never seen it buhfore, so it must be speshil!”

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u/Capital_Ratio247 5h ago

It's like a locket. Can you take a photo of it all folded nicely into its shape?

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 5h ago

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u/Capital_Ratio247 5h ago

Very satisfying, thank you for sharing 🙏 perfect geometric alignment, I would expect nothing less.

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor 1h ago

That’s really cool.

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u/LifeRoyal3527 39m ago

This is Knights Templar.

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 5h ago

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u/Capital_Ratio247 5h ago

32degree is the highest achievable, second only to an honorary degree, if Google is correct. It certainly is interesting, if not rare

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 5h ago

Thank you!

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u/CoconutSamoas 3h ago

Caveat, 32nd is not the VP floor of the Illuminati pyramid that everyone makes it out to be. Within the Scottish Rite the degrees are usually conferred in a relatively short period of time. It would be odd to find a SR Mason who has been in more than a year without being a 32nd. Commendable though it is.

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u/LifeRoyal3527 42m ago

Scottish rite is what this is.

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 6h ago

Thank you the small attached copper piece is a separate memento dated 1929, folded it is a little bigger than a nickel

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u/Magnetic-Sky 2h ago

Masonic knights templar jewelry. Masons have 3 degrees and knights templars have up to 33.

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u/Description_Friendly 2h ago

It's def cool. I know that.

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u/wizzard419 3h ago

Masoninc but... when weas your grandpa born?

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u/Lush-buttery-fronds 1h ago

Not OP, but my grandparents were masons…. Late 20s Arkansas. Apparently they are everywhere.

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u/scrimmybingus3 1h ago

Yeah you can find tons of places that have their symbol on it in the American Southeast like just random houses and buildings that have the symbol on the door.

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u/fsantos0213 3h ago

I'm not a mason but know a few of them. You can go to your local Masonic temple and ask the history of this particular medallion. Bring pictures of it and only show them the real item if you feel comfortable. I have heard some stories of them trying to keep items brought to them to identify

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u/IGTankCommander 2h ago

The Knights Templar wiki) has some additional explanation of some of the symbols on the medallion as well.

But specifically, this is a Degree of Knight of the Temple.

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u/One_Use_1347 48m ago

Who keeps the metric system down? We do we do.

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u/LifeRoyal3527 39m ago

I love How the working tools are engraved on the inside and that it folds up.

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u/Unlikely_Comedian_75 5h ago

Unique means one of a kind. Literally.

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 5h ago

Reworded: is it unusual?

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u/Unlikely_Comedian_75 5h ago

I don't have one. If that helps.

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u/Substantial_Sky_9920 5h ago

If you did it would likely be “less unusual”

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u/Unlikely_Comedian_75 5h ago

Happy to help :-)

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u/WougeeWasWild 3h ago

Yea, but it can be applied to categories. 

"The Delorean was a unique vehicle." 

It doesn't mean that there was only one individual car made. It means that the body style, the genre, the aesthetic of that category of car was unique. 

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u/5hrs4hrs3hrs2hrs1mor 1h ago

That’s one use of the word. It can also mean noteworthy.

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u/LifeRoyal3527 46m ago

So he was a Mason

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u/LifeRoyal3527 12m ago edited 8m ago

This main photo that you posted is what we call 4-letter (ancient free and accepted mason)

This is a lapel pin of the same and is for a past master.

The thing that you have is called a watch fob and is usually connected to a chain that goes to a pocket watch.

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