IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MASONIC LODGE BREAD PLATE , NOBILITY AND LODGE 19TH CENTURY

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN MASONIC LODGE BREAD PLATE.
I made 3 diplomatic trips to the Soviet Union during the 1970s in relation to obtaining aircraft for the new SMITHSONIAN National Air and Space Museum. I met with many important museum personalities and experts and exchanged gifts with some.
They knew that I was a Mason and this is one of the Masonic gifts which I received.The Masonic lodge was illegal at the time but there was interest.
THIS IS A BREAD PLATE FROM A 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER LODGE. THE INSCRIPTION IS FROM THE LORD'S PRAYER.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
It was not unusual for Russian nobility or other European nobility to be Masons.
THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN IN 60+ YEARS OF COLLECTING RUSSIAN ANTIQUITIES AND TRENCH ART.
AS A 60+ YEAR COLLECTOR OF ORDNANCE ITEMS AND CONSULTANT I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF TRENCH ART COME MY WAY. OF THESE THOUSANDS I COLLECTED ONLY THE FINEST , RARE AND INTERESTING PIECES FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE RANGE FROM FANCY DECANTERS MADE FOR A GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL , TO ITEMS MADE BY A U.S.N. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER  TO A UNIQUE BOMBLET MADE FROM JAPANESE FUZES BY THE FIRST ORDNANCE SQDN. TINIAN AND PRESENTED TO COL. TIBBETS UPON HIS RETURN FROM DROPPING THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.
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