- Title:
- Medal commemorating Billy Wayne Tinsley as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Texas, U.S.A., circa 1994.
- Object name(s):
- Metal; Medal, United States of America
- Brief description:
- Bronze coloured metal medal. On the obverse central to the design is a relief depiction of a rectangle divided vertically into two unequal sections. The left smaller section is further divided horizontally into two sections. Surmounting the line dividing the sections is a relief five-pointed star, In the larger right sections is a relief letter 'G' enclosed within a set square and compass. Encircling the central design is relief text reading 'MASONIC GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS - AF & AM -'. On the reverse central to the design is a relief depiction of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas. Encircling this is a border mounted by relief text reading 'BILLY W. TINSLEY GRAND MASTER - 1994 -'.
- Collection:
- Museum of Freemasonry
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Associated concept:
- Medals Freemasonry U.S.A. Texas
- Associated concept:
- Architecture--Freemasonry--U.S.A.--Texas--Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
- Associated person:
- Tinsley, Billy Wayne, b. 1937, Dedicatee
- Comments:
- Billy Wayne Tinsley (b. 1937) was initiated into Houston Lodge No. 1189 in 1970. He later became this lodge's Master in 1974. He is a member of several Lodges in Texas including Texas Lodge of Research.
- Comments:
- As most items are manufactured in the same year they are presented, date of manufacture for this medal is taken to be the same as its presentation date. Please note this manufacture date is speculative as occasionally items are manufactured before or even after the date of presentation.
- Comments:
- The cataloguing of the medal collection at the Library and Museum of Freemasonry was supported by a grant from Arts Council England in 2013.
- Content - description:
- Star, Set square and compass, Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas
- Dimension:
- H: n/a W: n/a D: 2 Dia: 31 Wt: n/a
- Entry date:
- n/k
- Object name:
- Metal; Medal, United States of America
- Object number:
- M2013/1734
- Object production date:
- 1994 (circa)
- Object production place:
- United States of America
- Reproduction format:
- Digital image
- Technique:
- Struck metal
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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