Antique Masonic scarf, embroidered with a skull and 9 red roses ( 9th degree of the Scottish rite )

Antique Masonic scarf, embroidered with a skull and 9 red roses ( 9th degree of the Scottish rite  ) and the acronyms  "VAM" stands for "Vincere Aut Mori," which in Latin means "conquer or die."

France 1920s

Size: 180 cm L

Condition : Excellent

"Master of the Temple" or also known as "Elect of the Nine"

ORIGINALLY created to reward fidelity, obedience, and devotion, this Degree was consecrated to bravery, devotedness, and patriot-ism; and your obligation has made known to you the duties which you have assumed. They are summed up in the simple mandate, "Protect the oppressed against the oppressor; and devote yourself to the honor and interests of your Country."

Masonry is not "speculative," nor theoretical, but experimental; not sentimental, but practical. It requires self-renunciation and self-control. It wears a stern face toward men's vices, and interferes with many of our pursuits and our fancied pleasures. It penetrates beyond the region of vague sentiment; beyond the regions where moralizers and philosophers have woven their fine theories and elaborated their beautiful maxims, to the very depths of the heart, rebuking our littlenesses and meannesses, arraigning our prejudices and passions, and warring against the armies of our vices.