Ranachqua Lodge #4 Service Award?

Question Mark?An item recently appeared on eBay purportedly from Ranachqua Lodge #4. This small beaded strip, does have the owl totem of Ranachqua Lodge and a red WWW. The bead colors, shape of the owl and overall design does match what was being used by the lodge during that time frame in its neckerchiefs. I have no reason to doubt it is from Ranachqua, but have no independent confirmation either.

It is not an issue that would be listed in the Blue Book, but does anyone know its provenance or confirm its use by the lodge?

Ranachqua Lodge #4 Service Award?



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2 thoughts on “Ranachqua Lodge #4 Service Award?

  1. First observation is that this was listed as the 50s. The stylized owl used on this was first done by Michael Feigenbaum (a fine graphic artist of the National MGM patch fame) in the mid 1960s. Second observation is that it is not a finished piece, its straight off the loom.

    As far as I know this was never used. My best guess is that this is something Mike Feigenbaum thought up for the upcoming 50th Anniversary in 1970 – he did fully beaded complete legend Vigil sashes for his friends (I still have mine) – so he was fast and good on a beading loom. This was probably 67-68 when I was occupied in SE Asia, but as a former Chief, I pretty much knew what was happening. Besides, my father was also a Vigil member of the Lodge.

    Michael got involved on the National level through Bernie Drock with the 1969 NOAC (later getting the Distinguished Service Award), so he wasn’t very active with Ranachqua after the 1967 Banquet (the Lodge’s sole JP to date.) The Lodge ran the 47th Banquet as a sort of dress rehearsal for 1970.

    Again, some of this is educated guesses, but the facts are that I had everything from the Lodge in the 60’s and early 70’s, and the Owl design is certainly post 1964 (see the 4S2 as the first example of this.) Add to that the unfinished nature of the piece, and …

  2. It may also be possible that this is something from the late 1970s or early 1980s when Treasurer David Malatzky was hand-making lots of resale and awards. He made beaded stuff and a few special wards, but I don’t have this one, so it may be from the Feigenbaum years. Malatzky shouldn’t be too hard to get in touch with. He’s involved with the TMR museum, and still with Ranachqua lodge.

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