Find your Symbol of Freemasonry
The letters C.M.D.D. stand for Compagnons Menuisiers du Devoir which means something like ‘members of the guild’. The Compagnonnage is a French (and German) ‘operative Masonic’ like organisation.
The Artisans and Guilds of France (2000) by François Icher (edited)
The emblem of Electa in the Order of the Eastern Star. More about OES here.
Voss, The Universal Language of Freemasonry (2004). The emblems of the Order of the Eastern Star were most likely designed around the inception of the order in the 1870’ies, maybe by the inceptor of the organisation Rob Morris (1818-1888)
Emblem of Esther in the Order of the Eastern Star. More about OES here.
Voss, The Universal Language of Freemasonry (2004). The emblems of the Order of the Eastern Star were most likely designed around the inception of the order in the 1870’ies, maybe by the inceptor of the organisation Rob Morris (1818-1888)
Emblem of the Conductress in the Order of the Eastern Star.
More about the OES here.
Voss, The Universal Language of Freemasonry (2004). The emblems of the Order of the Eastern Star were most likely designed around the inception of the order in the 1870’ies, maybe by the inceptor of the organisation Rob Morris (1818-1888)
“The crowned eagle, symbol of the Order of Saint John the Evangelist.” (Wikipedia). This order is part of the Red Cross of Constantine.
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Jewel of the Past Commander in Knight Templar Masonry.
Also see blazing cross.
general officer jewel
Jewel of the 22nd degree of the French Rectified Scottish Rite.
general officer jewel
Emblem of the Past Zerubbabel in the Royal Arch.
general officer jewel
Royal and Select Masters (a.k.a. “cryptic” degrees) breast jewel.
(“Cryptic Masonry is the second part of the York Rite system of Masonic degrees”.)
general officer jewel
This crown is from a German 1st/2nd degree tracing board of the “Andreasloge” of the Strikte Observanz. A reference to King Solomon? It also appears on a triangle, on an inverted triangle and for example in the emblem of the Order of the Amaranth, an aligned order for daughters of Freemasons.
Detail from Feddersen D/93, p. 427, I think from around 1770.