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Paper certificate of membership into the Order of the Temple (Knights Templar) issued to John Coulter by Laughaughery Lodge No. 109, Ireland, 1819. As was a frequent custom of the times (and by design), attached to the Craft lodges were Royal Arch chapters and Knights Templar preceptories. The certificate is decorated with naive depictions of a royal arch, square and compasses, skull and crossed bones, plumb, level, and other Masonic symbols. Three seals corresponding to the Craft lodge, Royal Arch degree, and Knights Templar are stamped with ink upon the certificate. Three ribbons of blue (Craft), red (Holy Royal Arch), and black (Knights Templar) are woven into the certificate on the left side. What is left of a wax seal covers a portion of the three ribbons.
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