Belfast Volunteers Lodge No. 439
Past Master’s Jewel 1929
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Obverse of Jewel
A silver Past Master's neck Jewel suspended from a crest.
The crest takes the form of a silver star with a crown on top. Centred on the star is a circle with the name of the Lodge, "Belfast Volunteers Masonic Lodge" and in the centre of the circle a shamrock with the number of the Lodge, "439", thereon. The crest, as you can see from above , based on the Cap Badge of the belfast Vounteer Corps formed in 1915.
The Maker's Mark on the reverse of Jewel is "H&R"
Short History of Warrant No. 439.
Warrant No. 439 issued to brethren in CLONES, County Monaghan on the 6th June 1765. Warrant No. 439 was Cancelled on the 6th January, 1814.
Warrant No. 439 reissued to `North Star Lodge' in BALLARAT, Victoria, Australia on the 19th October 1863. Warrant No. 439 was sent in to Grand Lodge & received on the 6th May, 1869, the brethren of No. 439 joining No. 427.
[The above represents the barest of facts relating to Warrant No. 439 before same reissued to Belfast Volunteers Lodge No. 439 - the IRISH MASONIC RECORDS cd-rom gives a very full account of the Lodges who held Warrant No. 439 for the years set out above]
Warrant No. 439 reissued to `North Star Lodge' in BALLARAT, Victoria, Australia on the 19th October 1863. Warrant No. 439 was sent in to Grand Lodge & received on the 6th May, 1869, the brethren of No. 439 joining No. 427.
[The above represents the barest of facts relating to Warrant No. 439 before same reissued to Belfast Volunteers Lodge No. 439 - the IRISH MASONIC RECORDS cd-rom gives a very full account of the Lodges who held Warrant No. 439 for the years set out above]