Certificate written in German for the German Order of the Harugari composed of text surrounded by eight allegorical vignettes, symbols of the fraternal order, and filigree and scrollwork. The top vignette depicts a robed, bearded man holding a staff. Other vignettes depict a robed female figure holding a liberty pole; two men with shovels in the woods; a mother and father consoling a young child; a group of men standing near an open grave; a husband and wife standing next to their bedridden child; a man held by soldiers awaiting crucifixion; and a man being arrested. Symbols of the fraternal order include a handshake, a winged hourglass, crossed canes, a skeleton with a scythe, gavels bound with a ribbon, crossed swords, a skull and crossbones, a heart in hand, three crossed arrows, a half moon, a beehive with farm implements and an open Bible. Includes the society's seal at the bottom. Secret society founded in 1847., Not in Wainwright., Issued to Otto Gratz, Humboldt Loge No. 71, Philadelphia, 15 Marz 1868. Signed Albr. Loechner O.B. and Wm. Zimmermann Secr., Majority of inscription illegible., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 258, Smithsonian Institution, NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection: DL*60.2405, Herline & Hensel operated their lithographic establishment from 632 Chestnut Street 1862-1866.
Date
ca. 1865
Location
Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL*60.2405]