Rare 14K Solid Gold 32 Degree Masonic Mason Enamel - Mine Diamonds - Pendant FOB

Description

For your consideration is a Large, Solid 14K Gold Masonic, 32nd Degree, Double Eagle FOB or Pendant. This pendant or FOB
Measures
~ 47.4mm x 23.35mm or 1-7/8 inch
L
x 15/16 inch
W
including bail with a center
Thickness
of 4.3mm. There are old mine cut diamonds on the Obverse as well as Reverse. The Diamonds are prong set into Black Enameling on both sides with None missing. Diamonds for the Eagle eyes on one side. It swivels at the Enameled 32nd Degree triangle - Eagle. As seen in the 2nd to last photograph.
The enameling appears to have had some repair at some point in it's lifetime.
Circa mid-late 1800's and Likely one of a kind, seen once in a lifetime.  A wonderful example of early Masonic Craftsmanship.....Having a heavy
weight
of 14.35 grams.
Overall it is the Double Headed Eagle with Mine-cut Diamond eyes. Which has Engraved lower print of "PES MEA IN DEO ES".
The Latin Masonic motto of the Thirty-second Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Meaning: "My Hope is in God".
As a Scottish Rite Mason, you will recognize this phrase from the lessons taught in the 31°.
Records indicate that in the early days of modern Freemasonry the Double-Headed Eagle was first used around 1758 by a Masonic body in Paris.  That Masonic body was known as “The Emperors of the East and West”, and controlled the advanced Degrees then in use.  It is these degrees that became a precursor of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
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