1890 Medal Knight Templars Baltimore Bronze MD Commandery Centennial

Coin Details

Description

This 1890 bronze medal commemorates the Knight Templars (Knights Templar) Commandery centennial celebration in Baltimore, Maryland. The Knights Templar is a fraternal order within Freemasonry, and the Maryland Commandery's hundredth anniversary was a significant milestone for the organization. Masonic and Knights Templar medals constitute a major specialty within exonumia collecting, as fraternal organizations produced elaborate medals for conventions, anniversaries, and achievement recognition. Baltimore's Knights Templar were among the most prominent in the nation. American commemorative medals document the nation's history through miniature sculptural art, preserving events, achievements, and personalities in a durable metallic format that has served collectors and historians for centuries. Bronze composition was standard for fraternal medals distributed to members at anniversary celebrations.

Rarity Notes

Scarce. Knight Templars Commandery centennial medal, bronze, Baltimore 1890. Masonic fraternal medals are actively collected.

Cross References

PCGS #825073; Knights Templar; Baltimore; Maryland Commandery Centennial; Bronze; 1890