Knights Templar Uniform Coat
date: label: date made
content: c 1930
label: date made
content: 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Black wool frock coat with 11 buttons down the front. Slit in back to form tails. Two medals on left breast. First, a round brass-colored medal with "Commander K. T. of Ill. for service" with two bars below: "77th Annual Conclave Belleville 1933" and "79th Annual Conclave Peoria 1935." Second medal has two bars: "Illinois" and "Tancred No. 50." Badge on left shoulder is triangular reading "Illinois Templar Brigade" with a red cross in middle. Two red crosses of velvet on both cuffs. This piece of regalia was worn by William Gerard Dixon, a member of Tancred Commandery No. 50 in Belleville, Illinois. The Knights Templar is a fraternal organization related to Freemasonry (called an "appendant body").
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
topic: label: used
content: Freemasonry
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content: Home and Community Life: Community Organizations
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alan J. Dixon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0442.04
label: accession number
content: 1982.0442
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0442.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat, uniform
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 17 in; 91.44 cm x 43.18 cm