I AM SELLING MY MASONIC SOUVENIR COLLECTION. MOST ARE ANTIQUE.

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MASONIC LODGE CEREMONY BREAD TRAY.

15 INCHES NOT MAGNETIC

SURPRISED THAT IMPERIAL RUSSIA HAD A MASONIC LODGE ?

THE LODGE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN RUSSIA AS LEAST FROM THE 19TH CENTURY AND POSSIBLY MUCH EARLIER. THE MEDAL SHOWN IS THE OFFICIAL IMPERIAL AWARD FOR SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE JAPAN-RUSSIA WAR 1904-05 .

THE BREAD TRAY IS MUCH OLDER.

MANY RUSSIAN MASONS WERE TORTURED AND KILLED FOR THEIR BROTHERHOOD BY THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENTS AS THEY CHANGED FOR POLITICAL REASON AND ,OF COURSE, BY THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT.

TODAY THE LODGE IS VERY ACTIVE AND GROWING.

THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN IN 60+ YEARS OF COLLECTING MASONIC ANTIQUITIES AND TRENCH ART.

AS A 60+ YEAR COLLECTOR OF ORDNANCE ITEMS AND CONSULTANT I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF TRENCH ART COME MY WAY. OF THESE THOUSANDS I COLLECTED ONLY THE FINEST , RARE AND INTERESTING PIECES FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE RANGE FROM FANCY DECANTERS MADE FOR A GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL , TO ITEMS MADE BY A U.S.N. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER  TO A UNIQUE BOMBLET MADE FROM JAPANESE FUZES BY THE FIRST ORDNANCE SQDN. TINIAN AND PRESENTED TO COL. TIBBETS UPON HIS RETURN FROM DROPPING THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.