✅ SOLVED Knights Templar piece

[baylorhall]

Any info on this piece would be appreciated! Sorry if it is sideways!

 

[farmdump]

Where did you find it? It looks pretty old!

 

[bigfoot1]

what is its size?any idea on metal?how about pic of backside.what was found near it?

 

[baylorhall]

It's about the size of a half dollars, was found on an old lot in Dallas, and the area had stuff from the early 1900's and on. Not good at know what the metal is. There is writing on the back but I can't quite read the company's name. Made in Columbus OH I think.

 

[bigfoot1]

tks for additional info....lookin into it

 

[trikikiwi]

I found another example of your medallion.


Vintage Masonic Scottish Rite K T Duquesne No 72 Commandery Cross Medal | eBay

No age given unfortunately.

Mike

 

[baylorhall]

Thanks! That does look like it!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The maker's-mark on the back is most probably M.C. Lilley & Co. Columbus Ohio, who was a very prolific manufacturer of fraternal-lodge regalia. That company dates from 1870 through World War Two. The great heyday (highest membership numbers) of fraternal-lodge organizations, such as the Templars, was in the early 20th-Century. That fits in with the time-period of the other objects you've been finding at that site, and the manufacturer's time-in-business.