PIN, FRATERNAL

Description: PIN, BAR AND PENDANT, GOLD COLORED BAR DEPICTS CITYSCAPE WITH FLORAL DECORATIONS AROUND SIDES AND BOTTOM OF VIEWING WINDOW, WINDOW HOUSES YELLOWED PIECE OF PAPER MARKED, “ALBERTA-CONYBEARE” IN TYPEWRITTEN BLACK FONT. BAR DEPICTS KNIGHTS HELMET FLANKED BY AXE AND SWORD, “F,B,C,” SHIELD IN BLUE YELLOW AND RED ENAMEL, ALSO ENAMELED FLAGS, ONE USA AND OTHER RED WITH ENSIGN OF EIGHT BLUE TRIANGLES, PENDANT DEPICTS PENTAGON AND SHIELD, MARKED “SUPREME LODGE…”

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR, CARLA SAMUELS (NEE CURRIE), AT THE TIME OF DONATION, SHE ACQUIRED THE PIN IN 1991 UPON THE PASSING OF HER FATHER WALTER CURRIE. DONOR HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PIN'S EXISTENCE PRIOR TO HER OWNERSHIP OF IT. SAMUELS WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTEXT FROM HER MOTHER WITH REGARD TO HER FATHER'S ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PIN. SAMUELS' FATHER WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAS (KOP) LODGE FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S. IT IS PRESUMED HE ACCUMULATED THE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF HIS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE (KOP). ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY C. F. P. CONYBEARE. WOULD HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED AT A DETROIT, MICHIGAN CONVENTION OF THE KOP. CONYBEARE PASSED AWAY IN 1927. SEE P20090021001 AND PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION .