pre-Pro Shot Glass: "Wheeling Commandery No. 1 1898"

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WHEELING / COMMANDERY / No. 1 (text is tsp on a fancy etched panel embellished with curlicue designs and a tsp border) / (etched cross adorned with an etched crown. The two arms of the cross bear tsp letters K and T to left and right, respectively. An etched ribbon is wound around the cross upright and features a motto in tsp letters: IN HOC SIGNO VINCES) / 1838 1898 (dates appear to left and right of the cross at bottom)
	ID#: RRP5227

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Glass Category:	Fraternal
Glass Type:	Tall, thin-walled shot
Label Type:	Acid-etched
Dimensions:	3-3/8" x 2-1/16" x 1-1/2"
Edmonson:	Not listed
State:	WV
City:	Wheeling


Notes:
This glass clearly bears the handiwork of George Truog, even though unsigned. The official motto of the Knights Templar that appears on the etched ribbon translates to "In This Sign Thou Shalt Conquer."







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