Auction: January 22, 2023

Lot #356: Masonic Knights Templar and Select Knight A.O.U.W. Fraternal Lodge Sword Assortment

(4) "named" lodge swords each having original owner name etched to obverse, manufacturers etched to reverse ricassos and additional motifs or insignias etched to both obverse and reverse of blades; including (3) Knights Templar swords with manufacturers including "W.A. Raymold New York", "Greenwood Atkinson Armstrong Co. Detroit Mich." and "J.M. Litchfield & Co., San Fransisco Cal", all having simulated ivory grips with varying motifs / inlays, crossguards incorporating Maltese cross variations, "knight's head" pommels and ornate, brightly plated magnetic steel scabbards having applied figural motifs with all having a red enameled cross through a crown on obverse portions, with Raymold and Litchfield scabbards having additional etched motifs to obverse plated portions with Litchfield having owner name additionally etched to obverse; and an Ancient Order of United Workmen Select Knight sword made by "Parson & Co. St. Louis" having wire-wrapped leather grip, gilt metal hilt and brightly-plated scabbard including applied gilt metal fittings displaying "skeleton hand", "select knight" and "SK" insignias on obverse with "A.O.U.W." etched onto plated area of obverse scabbard