Vtg 1966 Order of the Eastern Star OES Acrylic Gavel Heart Shaped Scales Lily Ex

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Vintage 1966 Order of the Eastern Star (OES) Initiation* Gavel
The very ornate, beautiful Gavel has a metal handle and an acrylic head in the shape of an elongated robust heart. Inside the head on, one side, are the scales of justice on a green background and the other side the Lily of the Valley flower can be found on white a background. Because of the curves of the heart shaped head the differing greens from the background on one side and the stems of the Lily on the other really stand out.
The gavel head has a brass band around it with the OES Star attached and is engraved with the names of the Worthy Matron and Worth Patron, the Elysian Chapter 364 as well as OES 1966.
Excellent condition as the gavel is for show and not use. There is some tarnishing where the band meets the handle. The different metals reacting to each other no doubt. I did not try to clean that up I will leave it to the new owners!
* - I’m assuming this was the intended use for the gavel based on only a bit of reading so I could be wrong.