21st Degree Jewel

The jewel is a silver, full moon, suspended from the third buttonhole of the vest, or a golden triangle traversed by an arrow, holding a naked sword, and around it the motto, Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum, meaning “Let there be Justice, though the Heavens fall.” These were the words of William Murray, First Earl of Mansfield (1704-1793), Lord Chief Justice of England, uttered in the case of Rex vs. Wilkes, June 8, 1768.