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Brand/Publisher: St. Paul Commandery, Knights Templar, Dover, New Hampshire, United States.
Item: Vintage late 19th century fraternal calling cards for G. G. Fall of Milton, New Hampshire, printed on small cream and gray cardstock pieces with Knights Templar emblems and inscriptions.
Front designs: Four cards feature crusader and emblem imagery including a standing knight with drawn sword pointing toward a red cross with the Latin motto IN HOC SIGNO VINCES, a mounted knight bearing a banner beneath a radiant cross with the same motto, a colorful crest of sword, crown, and armor within a laurel wreath above a banner reading FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH, and a black printed cross and crown badge with central skull and crossbones surrounded by K. T. lettering and the motto IN HOC SIGNO VINCES; each card carries the printed name G. G. Fall along with St. Paul Commandery, Dover, N. H. at the lower left and MILTON, N. H. at the lower right.
Additional design: The fifth card is light gray with a silver-tone engraved style panoramic city view beneath a glowing cross and the caption Triennial Conclave, K.T., Boston, 1895., also bearing the printed name G. G. Fall and the St. Paul Commandery, Dover, N. H. and MILTON, N. H. location lines.
Back details: Reverse sides are plain unprinted cardstock suitable for notes or mounting.
Era/Type/Subject: Authentic late 19th century fraternal ephemera, type printed and embossed Knights Templar calling cards on small-format cardstock, subject G. G. Fall of St. Paul Commandery in Dover, New Hampshire; unit of sale is one lot of five matching cards with varied designs as shown.
