Left and Right Freemason / Knights Templar Gauntlets
Entry/Object ID
2014.727.1.1
Description
Left and Right Freemason / Knights Templar Gauntlets, ca. 1870. This is cream suede with red leather trimming, red decorative stitching on the top and bottom of each gauntlet, a black cross with a silver border in the center of the front forearm and closed with 4 buttons and white ribbon. Each button has the Latin phrase "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" translated to "In this sign you shall conquer." The interior is brown leather. The left gauntlet (a) has staining and scuffs, the object is in good overall condition. The right gauntlet (b) has staining, a missing white ribbon, and red thread is coming out, the object is in fair overall condition.
