Germany, Imperial. A Masonic Organization Dance Card, C.1869 certificate_of_authenticity the naming having been erased

the naming having been erased through a series of scratches

White cotton with an embroidered red cross

37 mm x 78

small indentation with oxidation spot over the text "HIGH"

Germany, Imperial. A Masonic Organization Dance Card, C.1869 certificate_of_authenticity the naming having been erasedA dance card constructed of cardstock covered in red and black velvet in the shape of a shield. The obverse bears a flap in the shape of a shield in black velvet with a bronze coloured metal border and diagonal stripe inscribed with 1869, the flap flips upwards and reveals the dance card in white with gilt writing, titled BALL deutscher studenten (German Student Ball) and some of the dances are pencilled in with names. This is bordered with red