Collars of Past Masters of private Lodges

Past Masters of private Lodges shall wear collars of light blue ribbon, four inches wide, with silver braid a quarter of an inch wide in the centre. Rule 265: The following details of the aprons to be worn by the Craft are to be observed. Entered Apprentices. A plain white lamb skin, from fourteen to sixteen inches wide, twelve to fourteen inches deep, rectangular and without ornament; fitted with white strings and a flap. Fellow Crafts. The same, with the addition only of two light blue rosettes at the lower corners. Master Masons. The same, with light blue lining and edging not more than two inches in width, and an additional rosette on the flap, and silver tassels, and with light blue strings. No other colour or ornament shall be allowed except to present Officers of Lodges who may have the emblems of their offices in silver or white (surrounded by a double circle in which may be inserted the name and number of the Lodge) in the centre of the apron; and except as to the members of the Prince of Wales’s Lodge, No. 259, who are allowed to wear the internal border of the edging of garter-blue three-quarters of an inch wide. Masters and Past Masters of Lodges. The same as Master Masons, but having in the place of the rosettes perpendicular lines upon horizontal lines, thereby forming three several sets of two right angles; the length of the perpendicular lines to be one inch each and of the horizontal lines to be two inches and a half each; these emblems to be of silver, or of ribbon of the same colour as the lining and edging of the apron, half an inch broad. Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Stewards, present and past. The same, with crimson lining and edging not exceeding two inches in width, with Master’s emblems in silver or crimson, or rosettes in crimson, as the case may be, and with crimson strings and silver tassels, and the emblem of their office in crimson in the centre within a double circle in which must be inserted the name of the Metropolitan Area, Province or District. Metropolitan and Overseas Rank. The same, with garter-blue lining and edging not exceeding two inches in width, ornamented with either gold lace or gold cord corresponding to the collar, and with garter-blue strings of the same width and with gold tassels; having in the centre a double circle in which must be inserted the name of the Metropolitan Area or the word ‘Overseas’, as the case may be and the rosettes in garter-blue. If Masters, they shall have the Master’s emblems in gold or garter-blue (Plates Nos. 56 and 57). Senior Metropolitan, Metropolitan, Senior Overseas and Overseas Grand Rank. The same, with garter-blue lining and edging not exceeding two inches in width, ornamented with either gold lace or cord corresponding to the collar, and with garter-blue strings of the same width and with gold tassels; having the emblem of rank, described in Plate Nos. 26 and 26a, in gold or basically garter-blue in the centre within a double circle in which must be inserted the name of the Metropolitan Area, preceded if necessary by the word ‘Senior’, or the words ‘Senior Overseas’ or ‘Overseas’, as the case may be, and the Master’s emblems in gold or garter-blue. (Plate Nos. 56 and 57.) Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Stewards, present and past. The same, with crimson lining and edging not exceeding two inches in width, with Master’s emblems in silver or crimson, or rosettes in crimson, as the case may be, and with crimson strings and silver tassels, and the emblem of their office in crimson in the centre within a double circle in which must be inserted the name of the Metropolitan Area, Province or District. Provincial and District Grand Officers, present and past (other than Provincial and District Grand Stewards, present and past). The same, with garter-blue lining and edging not exceeding two inches in width, ornamented with either gold lace or cord corresponding to the collar, and with garter-blue strings of the same width and with gold tassels; having the emblems of their offices in gold or basically garter-blue in the centre within a double circle, in which must be inserted the name of the Province or District. If Masters or Past Masters, they shall have the Master’s emblems in gold or garter-blue (Plate Nos. 56 and 57). The word ‘Deputy’ shall be embroidered in gold or garter-blue letters above, or the word ‘Assistant’ beneath, as the case may be, the emblem on the aprons of Provincial and District Deputy and Assistant Grand Officers, present and past, other than Deputy and Assistant Provincial and District Grand Masters, present and past. Grand Stewards, present and past. The same, with crimson lining and edging not exceeding three and a half inches in width, with the Master’s emblems or rosettes, as the case may be, in crimson, and with crimson strings and silver tassels; except present and past Grand Stewards representing the Prince of Wales’s Lodge, No. 259, who wear the crimson edging two inches and three-quarters, and an internal border of garter-blue three-quarters of an inch in width. Grand Officers, present and past, other than Grand Stewards and those hereafter specified. The same, with garter-blue lining and edging not exceeding three and a half inches in width, ornamented with gold lace, and with garter-blue strings and gold tassels, having the emblems of their offices in gold in the centre within a wreath composed of a sprig of acacia and an ear of corn, and having the Master’s emblems in gold. (Plate Nos. 52 and 53.) The word ‘Deputy’ shall be embroidered in gold letters above, or the word ‘Assistant’ beneath, as the case may be, the emblem on the aprons of the Deputy and Assistant Grand Officers. Grand Inspectors, present and past. As the Grand Officers, but with the name of the Group in gold above the emblem of office. Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Masters (and Pro Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Masters). As the Grand Officers, but with the name of the Metropolitan Area, Province or District in gold above the emblem of office, and with the pomegranate and lotus alternately embroidered in gold on the edging, and with the fringe of gold bullion. Past Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Masters (and Pro Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Masters). As Provincial and District Grand Masters, or as other Grand Officers, but with the name of the Metropolitan Area, Province or District in gold above the emblem of office. Assistant Grand Masters, present and past. As the Grand Officers, but with the square and compasses in gold in the centre, and with the pomegranate and lotus alternately embroidered in gold on the edging, and with the fringe of gold bullion. Deputy Grand Master, present and past. As the Grand Officers, but with the square and compasses enclosing a five-pointed star in gold in the centre, and with the pomegranate and lotus alternately embroidered in gold on the edging, and with the fringe of gold bullion. Grand Master (and Pro Grand Master), present and past. As the Grand Officers, but with the blazing sun in gold in the centre, and on the edging the pomegranate and lotus with the seven-eared wheat at each corner and also on the fall, all embroidered in gold, and with the fringe of gold bullion. When Grand Officers’ Aprons not to be ornamented On all occasions when a Grand Officer, present or past, wears a collar of plain garter-blue ribbon, the garter-blue edging of the apron shall not be ornamented and all the emblems and lettering shall be basically in garter-blue.