Regulation 88 outlines the specifications for the jewels of office for Metropolitan, Provincial, and District Grand Officers, both Present and Past. It details the design and dimensions of these jewels, including specific plates that illustrate each type. Present Metropolitan Grand Officers wear jewels similar to those of Provincial and District Grand Officers, with the Metropolitan Area's name engraved. Past Metropolitan Grand Officers appointed after December 31, 2021, may wear a specific jewel (Plate No. 25A) or a jewel related to their former office, depending on their rank. Past Deputy and Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendents, along with other Past Grand Officers, may wear their jewels suspended from a tri-coloured collarette, not exceeding 1.5 inches in width. Additionally, individuals holding the rank of Past Metropolitan Group Chairman before April 26, 2007, are recognized as Past Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendents for this regulation. Jewel sizes are capped at three inches for Present Officers and two inches for Past Officers.
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Regulation 88: Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand officers Present and Past The jewel of office of a Deputy Metropolitan Grand Superintendent or Deputy Grand Superintendent, Present and Past, is shown in Plate No. 26A.
The jewel of office of an Assistant to the Provincial or District Principals, Present and Past, is shown in Plate No. 28B.
The jewel of office of an Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendent, Present and Past, is shown in Plate No. 26C.
The jewels of office of the remaining Provincial and District Grand Officers, Present and Past, are composed of an emblem of office superimposed upon a triangle and a double circle bearing the name of the Province or District without further ornament (Plates Nos. 27, 28, 29 and 30). These emblems are the same as those worn by the corresponding Officers of the Grand Chapter, except those of such Provincial or District Grand Officers as are described in Plate Nos. 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e and 30f.
Save as otherwise provided above, the jewels of present Metropolitan Grand Officers are similar to those of present Provincial and District Grand Officers, save that the name of the Metropolitan Area is to be engraved within the double circle, and the emblems are the same except that of a Metropolitan Grand Inspector which is similar to that of a Grand Inspector as described in Plate No. 11, and that of a Metropolitan Assistant Grand Inspector which is described in Plate No. 30a.
A Past Metropolitan Grand Officer, other than a Past Metropolitan Grand Steward, appointed after 31 December 2021, may wear, instead of the jewel of a holder of Senior Metropolitan Grand Chapter Rank or Metropolitan Grand Chapter Rank (as the case may be), the jewel described in Plate No. 25A, and a Past Metropolitan Grand Steward, appointed after that date, shall wear a jewel not more than two inches in diameter similar to that of his former office unless and until he is appointed to Metropolitan Grand Chapter Rank, whereupon he shall become entitled to wear the jewel described in Plate No. 25A.
A Past Deputy Grand Superintendent, or Past Second or Third Provincial or District Grand Principal may wear, in any Royal Arch meeting, his Past Provincial or District Grand Officer's Jewel suspended from a tri-coloured collarette, not more than 1 1/2 inches wide.
A Past Deputy or Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendent, Past Metropolitan Grand Inspector or Past Second or Third Metropolitan Grand Principal may wear, in any Royal Arch meeting, his Past Metropolitan Grand Officer's Jewel suspended from a tri-coloured collarette, not more than 1 1/2 inches wide.
For the purposes of this Regulation a Companion who before 26 April 2007 held the rank of Past Metropolitan Group Chairman shall be treated as though he were a Past Assistant Metropolitan Grand Superintendent.
The jewel of office shall be not more than three inches in diameter in the case of a Present Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Officer and not more than two inches in diameter in the case of a Past Metropolitan, Provincial or District Grand Officer.