1800s Ames Mfg Co Scabbard Piece with Engraved Masonic Symbols crate then released by German publisher

then released by German publisher Kurt Wolff in 1924

all of which pack up to fit perfectly inside

I think his face is wonderful

The reverse shows that linen tape has been used to back a couple of small tears and along a couple of inches of fold line to stabilize--well done and not visible from the front

with concentric rings of orange

1800s Ames Mfg Co Scabbard Piece with Engraved Masonic Symbols crate then released by German publisherThis fabulous thing, hand etched with an jam packed array of Freemasonry symbols, would once have been part of the scabbard or sheath for a ceremonial sword, with the rings allowing it to be hung proudly on the wall in between ritual wieldings:) I don't have much of an interest in swords, but I am sure glad someone salvaged this piece, which now I'd hang from those two rings just as it is. The metal piece itself was produced by the Ames Manufacturing