14K Gold Masonic Badge Antique Freemason 1908 Inscribed Fraternal Pin Enamel

Description

Offered for your Consideration is an Authentic Masonic Freemasons 1908 Badge with Presentation Inscription on the Reverse.
Marked 14K Gold. Weight is 52.7 Grams.
Engraved with Name, Number and Date. "Presented to WOR. BRO. William B.. Jaycox By The Brethren of Courtlandt Lodge No. 34 F. & A.M. Thursday Evening April 23, 1908".
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organizations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. These are the degrees offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry. Members of these organizations are known as Freemasons or Masons. There are additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are usually administered by different bodies than the craft degrees.