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Rare Old California Masonic Templar Malta Degree SwordAntiques are a good investment. They provide great pleasure while growing in value! Holiday special. In demand! We welcome you to classicliterati auctions. Join us each week for a large and diversified selection of the finest in masonic antiques and collectibles as well as many other fascinating items. We are a business run by masons. Our clientele includes masonic museums, libraries and individual collectors the world over. Always having been passionately involved in the study and documentation of masonic arts and historical artifacts, it gives us pleasure to feature masonic collectibles among our various auctions and relish securing good homes for these most wonderful and beautiful cultural treasures of freemasonry, thus helping to some dergee to insure their survival and appreciation for generations to come. Presenting a super-rare historic antique sword. An ornate silver gem exclusively made for california freemasonry! A san francisco prize. The masonic knights fo malta! This one of the msot attractive swords from the masonic order of malta! Proimnently etched on the blade. Golden gate commandery! The knights of malta are a highly significant and integral appendant degree to the knights templar. Swords form this high-ranking masonic york rite order are highly collectible because they surface far less frequently then all the others! And from odl californa. A sure treasure! In hoc signo vinces. With this sign shalt thou conquer! Teh ancient beauseant. Btatle flag of the medieval templars. Symbolic of the legendary warroir monks! The gold enhanced blade is richly decorated in both rocooc & geometric patterns! Absolutely exquisite! A true aristocratic sword by the m. C.
Lliley & co. One of the most quality consistant makers fo swords in american history! Below is a nostalgic antique picture shownig the buildings of the m. C. Lilley & company where this great sword was created. Tihs is how things looked back then. (this illustration is used only as a historic reference and does not come with the sword. ). Over 100 yeasr old.In handsmoe vintage condition. A solid classic sword! Very collectible. From the historic pages of american freemasonry! The cute little bear above helps us out during this time of year. He doesn't come with thsi auction. The bear stays here!
Teh knights of malta & the knights templars. People often are confused by these two masonic knighthoods. They rae certainly connected, but are not the same knighthood. To clear up a little confusion, here is a simple and mots basic clarification.
Within the york rite of freemasonry there si what is known as chivalric masonry. This consists of three ranks, the illustrious order of the red cross, the order of malta (knights of malta), and teh order of the temple (knights templar. ) known as appendent degrees or side degrees, thees are highly significant. When for example, we see a knight templar wearing a white malta cross jewel, this signifies his membership in the knights of malta which is his last rank before attaining the status of knight templar. This is an exceptionally fine circa 1880's-1890's ornate silver knight templars york rite malta degree sword from a commandery based in san francisco, california.
Seldom do such exquisite historic pieces come on the market! These malta swords are yb far rarer then the regular templar examples.
And one such as this, from old world california is cretainly a collector's prize. The sword si in very good vintage condition with only some expected minor wear of the years. Everything is nice and solid. And all is original to the item. Even hte silver chain. Made of the highest possible quality, it is impressive to say the least. This is a genuine historic sword made yb the m. C. Lilley & co, one of the greatest of all historic american makers of military and fraternal swords and regalia. Teh work of m.
C. Lilley often surpasses that fo others. Lilley, like the ames sword company, the pettibone brothers, and william horstmann of philadelphia are among the most important manufacturers fo fraternal, masonic and military items in history. This is one of their best malta swords. Amidst the intricate gold enhanced symbolic designs beautifully etched and engraved on the blade is identification of the landmark west coast golden gate commandery. On the reverse there is the name of the original owner. The blade shines bright like a mirror. It is also of the wider sized variety. The entire sword glosw like magic.
The designs of the mounts include a crusader's tent over a dynamic malta cross fo the original knights hospitaler which adorns the ancient beausant, battle flag of the historic templar armies. Then there is ancient motto in hoc signo vinces with this sing shalt thou conquer. The middle mount features the intertwined initails km for knights malta. The bottom drag is an ancient chivalric crest featuring a maltese cross and a knight in profile. The pommel is a helmeted medieval knights porrtait bust. The black wooden grip features a silvre cross centerpiece. In the center of the hand-guard is the pronounced templar cross through crown. Swords from the order of malta (the templar degree) are quite scarce when compared to most commandery swords. As the masonic knights of malta constitute a very, very elemental component of knights templarism within the york rite, so did their ancient philosophical namesakes, the original historical knights of malta (the hospitallers/order of the hospital) hold a pivotal position with regards to the medieval templars. While there are non-masonic groups (mostly catholic) that also use the moniker of knights of malta, our beautiful old sword indeed hails from the york rite within freemasonry and its relevance to freemasonry should not be underestimated. Remember, this great antique sword is from sunny californiae.
The sword in its scabbard measures approximately 37 inches. Alone it is around 35 ½ inches. The blaed is about 28 inches. Do not let this unique historic knights of malta commandery sword escape you. We regularly feature extremely attractive and also very rare, top quality antiques including among the finest in fraternal and masonic swords and historci relics as well as many other fascinating items.
Among our clients are museums and archives as well as many collectors the world over. Please keep checking our classicliterati auctions. Please note that we try to describe items to the best of our ability. If you have any questions, please ask before bidding. Buyer pays $25.00 s/h plus insurance.
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Our clients ont only include collectors and enthusiasts around the entire world, but also masonic museums, libraries and scholarly institutions. Having always been passionately involved in the study and active documentation of masonic arts and historical artifacts, it gives us an extra special pleasure to also feature masonic collectibles among our various auctions. We relish securing good homes for htese most wonderful and beautiful cultural treasures of freemasonry, thus helping to some degree to insure their survival and appreciation for generations to come. Check our auctions each week for a wide selection of the finest masonic swords, antiques & other fascinating quality collectibles! The cute little bear above helps us out during this time of year. He doesn't coem with this auction. The bera stays here! A rare & very collectible antique knights of malta sword! Notice of copyrigth ownership. Please be advised that all and any parts of this auction ad are fully protected under the rules of international copyright law.
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