Grand Encampment Awards
Grand Encampment Membership Award. This award can be earned by being the top line signer for a total of ten petitioners, who are either Knighted or restored to membership. Additional recognition at every additional five petitioners. This should be submitted by the Recorder, so please work with him, if you believe you are eligible.
A new award as of July 2019 is the Grand Commandery Meritorious Service Medal (MSM). This award consists of the medal shown above plus a lapel pin (inscribed “Meritorious Service”). The Grand Commandery Meritorious Service Medal is available to all Commanderies to award to one of their worthy members. Only one such award per Commandery may be awarded in a calendar year. Each Commandery has the option of awarding this medal. This award is available from the GEKT grand office.
Please contact the Eminent Commander, if you would like to nominate another Sir Knight for this award.
“Knight Templar Cross of Honor” (KTCH) to be given to one member per state per year. A description of the KTCH and the criteria for its awarding is found in Section 237(b) of the Grand Encampment Constitution, Statutes, Disciplinary Rules, Standing Resolutions, Ceremonies, Forms and Approved Decisions. In summary, these are: An award consisting of a gold medal upon the center of which shall be a Patriarchal Cross in purple. Around the cross shall be inscribed the words “Knights Templar Cross of Honor.” A nomination for the award shall be made by the Commandery of which the nominee is a member by a motion adopted by the Commandery and must be submitted in writing and approved by the grand commander of the respective state. The award shall be made only for exceptional and meritorious service rendered to the order, far beyond the call of duty, and beyond the service usually expected of an officer or member. No present or past elected grand officer of a Grand Commandery shall be eligible for the award. One nomination may be made from each Grand Commandery, regardless of the number of members, plus one additional nomination may be made from a Grand Commandery for each 5,000 members or major fraction thereof, during any one year. No posthumous awards shall be made.