Quote:
Originally Posted by JonoBN41
AHA!
In August 2005, I bought (on eBay) a huge "friendship pin", which has been hanging on my wall, framed under glass, with various other pins since that time. Needless to say, at 1 3/4" x 1 3/4", it dominates the display.
I couldn't figure out what it was, or would have been used for - until now. That auction for the fez is, to me, priceless no matter who ends up buying it. The pictures are great.
Who knew there was such a thing as a Lambda Chi Alpha fez pin?
In ZAX,
Jono
|
Brothers,
This is one of my Lambda Chi "
Holy Grails!"
I am bidding on it. I might get out bid, but I am ready for the contest....
I thought that the Lambda Chi Fez was green based on some reading I did a few years ago.
At the time I was gathering information for an article concerning Lambda Chi oddities like the potato, the official funeral/memorial ritual, the official funeral wreath, and the official TKN cornerstone laying ceremony.
I now think that I am wrong about green. It was probably purple like the one offered on eBay.
Recently I read some articles about the origin and history of the Fez. I learned that the green fez is reserved in the Islamic world for the descendants of Mohamed. It is unlikely that an authentic green Fez would be readily available for sale on a wide scale or in large numbers for an organization.
The Fez pictured on eBay matches well with the Fez in the classic Cole group photograph found on page 101 in the current
Paedagogus.
It is hard to say how many were produced or what company made them.
If I win, I will wear the Fez at the Centennial General Assembly in 2009!
Yours in ZAX,
Mike Raymond, Z-U Zeta
P.S. I already have a glass display case for the Fez! Right now, the display case sits empty under my framed Gamma Plate and next to Warren A. Cole's personal copy of our original history book.
Ah, The Fez!