Hello Listers Am hoping someone can help me by giving me some information,about the badge I have from my late grandfather Robert William Thomas FORSTER, born 1878 Belsay, died 1954 Hamilton NZ. The Badge Hexham enamelled,lapel badge.Background 2 red enamel triangles,positioned to make a 6 pointed star. One pointing down with fluted pattern in red. Triangle pointing up,red enamel,has three 3 gold stars,on each point. Centre shield,is dark blue enamel,with white cross of St Andrew,on it. Word HEXHAM on ribbon below shield. Back of badge has the number R9653534 Is it abadge of a lodge??? perhaps. Any help with identity of this badge,will be very gratefully received. Heather Forster-Old NZ

I believe your pin is an EASTERN STAR PIN. The Eastern Stars are affiliated with the Masonic Lodge. Doing a quick check on the Forster name, I see that they have been members of the Hexham Masonic Lodge for several generations. -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Heather Old Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:14 PM To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: [NMB] Hexham Badge Hello Listers Am hoping someone can help me by giving me some information,about the badge I have from my late grandfather Robert William Thomas FORSTER, born 1878 Belsay, died 1954 Hamilton NZ. The Badge Hexham enamelled,lapel badge.Background 2 red enamel triangles,positioned to make a 6 pointed star. One pointing down with fluted pattern in red. Triangle pointing up,red enamel,has three 3 gold stars,on each point. Centre shield,is dark blue enamel,with white cross of St Andrew,on it. Word HEXHAM on ribbon below shield. Back of badge has the number R9653534 Is it abadge of a lodge??? perhaps. Any help with identity of this badge,will be very gratefully received. Heather Forster-Old NZ The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The badge as described is not an Eastern Star Pin. For a start, the Eastern Star pin only has five points. Heather June wrote: > I believe your pin is an EASTERN STAR PIN. > > The Badge > Hexham enamelled,lapel badge.Background 2 red enamel triangles,positioned > to make a 6 pointed star. > One pointing down with fluted pattern in red. > Triangle pointing up,red enamel,has three 3 gold stars,on each point. > Centre shield,is dark blue enamel,with white cross of St Andrew,on it. > Word HEXHAM on ribbon below shield. > Back of badge has the number R9653534 > > >