Vintage 1960s Order of the Amaranth Decal 👑 Embla Crest Masonic Foil Sticker, Unopened

What Was the Order of the Amaranth? 👑 Order of the Amaranth Self-Stick Decal, Embla Crest, Sealed on Its Card

Size: 3 1/4" ~ Factory sealed, little to no wear. ~ It is unknown if the adhesive still works, as that is usually the first thing to fail.

Embla Crest, a rare vintage 1960s Order of the Amaranth decal, is a highly collectible item. Factory sealed. These are likely the last of their kind in the world, serving as a poignant reminder of a time when we celebrated our community and their contributions. These came out of the 1960s on 49-cent cards, nobody's printing them anymore, and once the sealed ones are gone they will be very difficult to acquire.

It's the Amaranth emblem in shining gold foil: a jeweled crown under a five-pointed star, the wreath around it, a sword across the base of the crown, and a ribbon bow at the bottom lettered O of A.

It is unknown if the adhesive still works, as that is usually the first thing to fail. It may require assistance, also known as glue, to affix.

🏷️ What's Printed on It

• O of A, on the ribbon bow (the A tucks partly under the sword's hilt)
• Card: EMBLA CREST, EASY TO APPLY-SELF-STICK, 49¢, printed in red-orange ink

It's on a short orange card that sits low in a clear sleeve, and the hang hole is punched in the sleeve above it.

👑 The Order of the Amaranth

The Order of the Amaranth brings Master Masons and the women in their families together in one order. It's one of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry, built around four virtues: Truth, Faith, Wisdom and Charity. It was officially organized in New York City on June 14, 1873, when Robert Macoy took a society that James B. Taylor of Newark, New Jersey had started back in 1860 and turned it into the Order of the Amaranth. Macoy planned it as part of a Rite of Adoption, with the Eastern Star as the first degree and the Amaranth as the third. Rob Morris served as its first Supreme Recorder. Until 1921 you had to belong to the Eastern Star to join, and that year the two orders went their separate ways. The Supreme Council held its first meeting in 1897.

In 1979 the Supreme Council created the Amaranth Diabetes Foundation, and the order has given more than $17 million through it, including toward work on insulin pumps. That's still its big cause today.

🌺 The Queen Behind the Name

The name reaches back to Sweden. Queen Christina created the Order of Amarante on January 6, 1653, and it lasted only until 1654. The 1810 Encyclopaedia Britannica has the story. She founded it at the end of an annual feast called the Wirtschafft, a night of entertainment and masquerades that ran until morning, and she took the name Amarante for herself. The badge was two letter A's, one upright and one upside down, woven together inside a laurel crown. Its members were 16 lords and as many ladies, besides the queen, and its motto was "Dolce nella memoria," sweet is the memory. The order's own history adds that the motto honored a Lady Amaranta.

Amaranth comes from the Greek for everlasting. The flower keeps its deep red as it ages, so it stood for immortality. That's why the wreath on the emblem is called the Amaranthine wreath. One Amaranth court history describes it as having a central place on the order's standard, surrounding the crown and sword.

🏷️ Embla Crest

Embla Crest sold emblems like these for states, services, lodges and the professions on little hang cards. I have one Embla Crest card that prints the Atlantic Emblem name and Walterboro right under the Embla Crest banner, as Atlantic Emblem Co. of Walterboro, South Carolina. It carries a five-digit ZIP code, so it was printed in July 1963 or later, and an 803 phone number, which puts it before the Lowcountry switched to 843 in 1998. When Interstate 95 came through in the 1960s, Walterboro became a prime overnight stop on the road between New York and Florida.

🏡 Display

It's a lovely gift for an Amaranth member or a Masonic family, and it looks great framed on its card beside other lodge keepsakes.

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Find this bit of vintage memorabilia a good spot in your room and watch it steal the show!