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Description
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite ceremonial sword Engraved yellow metal with bone handle. Handle is a pilgrim's tent with the pilgrim sitting in the slightly opened doorway. On scabbard: Pelican feeding its young with the blood of its breast surmounting a rose and cross--Christological symbols of the 18th degree of Knight Rose Croix. On middle of scabbard is a raised red Teutonic cross. Engraved vine designes and a blazing delta and the numeral 32 within it also adorn the scabbard. Blade: natural and geometric designs, Teutonic crosses and Emil A. Hermann 32* engraved. Lower part of blade is rusty.
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