1.04.159
Collar, Fraternal
1910 Approximate
Odd Fellows Ceremonial Collar of Past Grand or Officer. Red Velvet Vestment with Gold Fringe. Material: textile, metal. Size: 40" L. Description: red velvet collar - gold metallic edging and fringe - one tassel suspended from each front side point (right tassel missing) - vertical gold corded "Three-Link" symbol extends down each front side with the gold symbolic letters: "F", "L" and "T" - brown cotton back facing - white label: "C.E. Ward Co. New London, Ohio Manufacturers of Uniforms and Lodge Goods".
Waseca organization: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), a secret society for the mutual aid and benefit of the members, originated in England in the 18th Century. Odd Fellows ceremonial collar for Past Grand or Officer. Used by Waseca Comee Lodge #25.