David de Rothschild: Masonic Handshake in Sydney; Was His Skull and Bones Belt Buckle on Board?

July 27th, 2010

David de Rothschild wears a skull and crossbones belt buckle (I guess it’s the Jolly Roger given his recent voyage on the high seas), and he gave a masonic handshake for the cameras in Sydney.

Image: philly.com:

Image: Richardson’s Monitor of Freemasonry by Jabez Richardson, page 30:

Image: Outside:

Can you feel the clean, green love?

Via: Independent:

Money will get you a lot of things, including a 60-ft catamaran built almost entirely out of recycled plastic bottles, held together with organic glue made from cashew nuts and sugar cane. But the joy of stepping on to dry land after navigating such a vessel on a gruelling 128-day journey across the Pacific is one of those things that money simply can’t buy.

Yesterday David de Rothschild, scion of one of the world’s richest banking fortunes, could finally put the regular bouts of chronic sea-sickness behind him as he and his five crew mates birthed their unusual vessel, the Plastiki, in Sydney Harbour after four months at sea.

Related: What’s the Story with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Belt Buckle?

One Response to “David de Rothschild: Masonic Handshake in Sydney; Was His Skull and Bones Belt Buckle on Board?”

  1. Dennis says:

    Further to the interesting and varied comments on the page about Arnie’s skull and crossbones belt buckle, it struck me that I’ve unconsciously performed the same handshake when reaching over water or a ditch, etc. Didn’t do an exhaustive check but couldn’t find any record of Ian Kiernan being a freemason.

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