Collars for Officers of private Lodges are mandated to be made of light blue ribbon, measuring four inches in width. However, exceptions apply to the Officers, Past Masters, and Past Deputy Masters of the three founding Lodges of the Grand Lodge of England in 1717: the Lodge of Antiquity, No. 2; the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge, No. 4; and the Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland, No. 12. These individuals are allowed to wear a central stripe of garter-blue that is one-third the width of the collar. Additionally, when a chain is worn on a collar, it must be fastened over the center of the collar. This regulation ensures uniformity in the appearance of Lodge Officers while acknowledging the historical significance of certain Lodges within the Masonic tradition.
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The collars of Officers of private Lodges shall be of light blue ribbon four inches wide, with the exception of those of the Officers, Past Masters, and Past Deputy Masters of the three surviving Lodges of the four which founded the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, viz., the Lodge of Antiquity, No. 2, the Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge, No. 4, and the Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland, No.12, who shall be permitted to wear a stripe of garter-blue one-third of its width in the centre of the collar. In all cases where a chain is worn upon a collar it shall be fastened over the centre of such collar.