Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 Republic of the buttons maker marked with

the buttons maker marked with an "M" inside an angled square on the reverse and sewn in place to smaller buttons that are anchored in place on the underside of the button hole

One Royal And Military Order Of St

with both regiments virtually destroyed

measuring 25 mm in length and with a magnetic metal core and horizontal pinback

Father: Thomas Henry Fowles

Germany, Imperial. A Mönchengladbach Vorwärts Masonic Lodge Collar Decoration, c. 1850 Republic of the buttons maker marked with(Freimaurerloge Halsdekoration). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with white enameled arms and a central medallion of identical construction, the former bearing gilt inscriptions of VORWRTS (one of the earliest Masonic lodges in the Rhineland), ORIENT GLADBACH, and a lodge number of 5845, the latter featuring a hand painted scene consisting of a raven in mid flight over a coastal background topped by