Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe biographical drawings including many hold to light

including many hold to light postcards

perhaps newly betrothed (or just married

paper cover

I’d guess it dates from second half of the 19th century

and also flipped upside down

Early Odd Fellows Shaking Hands Good Luck Horseshoe biographical drawings including many hold to lightI believe this Odd Fellows horseshoe once read Luck along the bottom, but somehow (it would seem it was deliberately) the Luck piece is gone. Thus, it feels more as if carrying a message of good citizenship and friendship, which is certainly more within one's control! It seems there have been multiple iterations of good luck horseshoes of a similar ilk, but I believe this is an early one, late 19th very early 20th c, painted cast iron I believe, gold