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Felt, thich felt arrows Vigil Sash TYPE 4A
1936- 1938 Thick arrow, thick arrows in the triangle |
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Sash
Material:
WHITE FELT
- Arrow:
RED
FELT |
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Triangle:
RED
FELT
- Arrows:
CLOCKWISE |
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Sash Length:
28
1/2"
- Sash
Width:
2-1/2" |
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Arrow
Length:
13"
- Arrow
Width:
3/4"
thick |
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Arrow
Details:
1/4"
thick felt
arrows,
nearly
touching |
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Back: Fully
lined, sash
and triangle |
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Sash is
fitted with
snaps |
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This is the
sash
presented to
Vigil’s at
the 1938
Grand Lodge
Meeting in
St. Louis,
MO.
Excellent
documentation
exists. |
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White cloth lining on earliest Vigil sashes.
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Type 4 sashes worn at the 1938 Meeting. The thick arrow and large arrows in the triangle are easy to identify in photos. |
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Sashes exist, issued in 1935, with a slightly thinner arrow. You will not confuse them with the thin arrow sashes but you may come across one that is perhaps just a little bit narrower. I did not want to make a separate classification for a 1/4" difference, but you may. |
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Felt, felt arrows Vigil Sash Type
4B
1939 Thick arrow, thin arrows in a triangle |
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Sash
Material:
WHITE FELT
- Arrow:
RED
FELT |
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Triangle:
RED
FELT
- Arrows:
CLOCKWISE |
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Sash Length:
29
1/2"
- Sash
Width:
2
1/2" |
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Arrow
Length:
13
1/2"
- Arrow
Width:
1"
thick |
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Arrow
Details:
1/8"
thick felt
arrows, |
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Back: Fully
lined, sash
and triangle |
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Sash is
fitted with
snaps. |
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There is excellent documentation for this 1939 sash. Four separate sashes exist in collections with positive identification to 1939. It seems odd that sashes would go from a thin arrow and thin arrows in the triangle to thick arrow and arrows and then back again to thin arrows with a 3/4” size between the 1/2” thin arrow sash and the 1” thick arrow sash but that appears to be what happened. |
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Varieties
Exist |
I have good documentation for the late 1930’s sashes. This style of sash was used through 1945. A 1943 sash exists that is similar to the 1938 sash but the arrow is 12” instead of 13”.
A 1935 sash exists with a 1/8” narrower arrow. It’s possible that these sashes were made by different manufacturers. Orders were placed with one company in 1935, another in 1938 or
’39 and yet another in 1943. Or, just varieties caused by cutting the red arrow out of felt.
It is unknown which sash was presented to Vigils recognized at the 1940 GLM in 1940. Forty individuals received the Vigil in 1940 and if we could learn which sash was given, thick
arrows or thin arrows, it would be a benefit in dating and identifying.
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