At 11:43 AM 6/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Could anyone help me identify this medal? It was my great grandfathers. >You can view it here: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/medall.html >Thank you, >Margit Margit, Did your grandfather work for Knapp, Stout & Co? Do you know how long he was in Menomonie? I am reading the letters as K. S. H. T. W. S. S. T. (Just want to be sure that's an H). Linda

Hello Linda, I do not know. I know he was in the Menomonie area for about 6 years doing lumbering until he got enough money to move here to Minnesota and homestead land. Yes it is an H. Margit Linda Schwartz wrote: > At 11:43 AM 6/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Could anyone help me identify this medal? It was my great grandfathers. > >You can view it here: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/medall.html > >Thank you, > >Margit > > Margit, > > Did your grandfather work for Knapp, Stout & Co? > > Do you know how long he was in Menomonie? > > I am reading the letters as K. S. H. T. W. S. S. T. (Just want to be sure > that's an H). >

It's a Masonic medallion or coin. Check this website, scroll down to THE KEYSTONE AND THE COPE STONE. http://www.bessel.org/helmer/200111.htm jk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margit" <mbakke@eot.com> To: <WIDUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [DUNN] Re: Medal Identification Hello Linda, I do not know. I know he was in the Menomonie area for about 6 years doing lumbering until he got enough money to move here to Minnesota and homestead land. Yes it is an H. Margit Linda Schwartz wrote: > At 11:43 AM 6/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Could anyone help me identify this medal? It was my great grandfathers. > >You can view it here: > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/medall.html > >Thank you, > >Margit > > Margit, > > Did your grandfather work for Knapp, Stout & Co? > > Do you know how long he was in Menomonie? > > I am reading the letters as K. S. H. T. W. S. S. T. (Just want to be sure > that's an H). > ==== WIDUNN Mailing List ==== Locate CURRENT Dunn County OBITUARIES at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~widunn/obitindx.htm

Hi Joan, Thank you much for putting me on track with this. I appreciate it. We never knew he was a Mason. Margit Joan Keller wrote: > It's a Masonic medallion or coin. > Check this website, scroll down to THE KEYSTONE AND THE COPE STONE. > > http://www.bessel.org/helmer/200111.htm > > jk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margit" <mbakke@eot.com> > To: <WIDUNN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 3:31 PM > Subject: Re: [DUNN] Re: Medal Identification > > Hello Linda, > I do not know. I know he was in the Menomonie area for about 6 years doing > lumbering until he got enough money to move here to Minnesota and homestead > land. > Yes it is an H. > Margit > > Linda Schwartz wrote: > > > At 11:43 AM 6/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > >Could anyone help me identify this medal? It was my great grandfathers. > > >You can view it here: > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/medall.html > > >Thank you, > > >Margit