Lodges – Membership badges – Medals
From the history of the Grand National Mother Lodge in the Prussian States called the Three Globes, Berlin 1903.
“With regard to the foreign daughter lodges, a definite and firm connection with the mother lodge was initiated. Since the relationship of the “Grand Lodge of Germany” to the strict observance had developed in such a way that the Brrn. As the members of one system were forbidden to visit the lodges of the other, the Mother Lodge decided on March 11, 1774 to introduce lodge membership badges.
The National Grand Master ordered the members of the Grand National Mother Lodge to wear a triangle with three globes at the corners*) on a red, gold-edged ribbon around their necks. Each daughter lodge should choose a lodge emblem corresponding to its name and coat of arms, and the members should wear this on a ribbon loop in the buttonhole or on a button on the chest. This latter provision is still observed by the Berlin daughter lodges, but the foreign lodges have for the most part deviated from it and wear their lodge emblems around their necks.
*) This badge bore the name of the National Grand Master. After his resignation from office, this name was removed from the membership mark by a resolution of the Grand Lodge on February 7, 1799, and the name given by Br. Stiele approved the drawing of the badge in its current form.”
In this section we would like to present some bijous from the past as well as bijous from active Masonic lodges. The exhibits come from our archive or from the collections of our brothers. We will continue to expand this collection of images.
“Glückauf zum Licht”
Affiliate lodge of the Grand National Mother Lodge “Zu den drei Weltkugeln” in Orient Berlin. Bijou incomplete, the wreath is unfortunately missing.
Founded on 29.06.1906 in Orient Gelsenkirchen – dissolved 15.07.1935. Active again after the dark period under different obedience.
