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A chain with one link broken, carved on a monument.
Also known as: Broken link, Snapped chain on a grave
A short length of chain with a link snapped. Read as a family circle broken by a death, and — where three links appear rather than a broken one — as the emblem of the Odd Fellows, which is a quite different claim.
A chain shown with one link broken or open, conventionally read as a family or fellowship broken by a death.
Contexts: History
Distinct from the three intact links of the Odd Fellows, which identify membership of that order rather than expressing loss. A chain on a monument should be counted before it is interpreted.
A short run of interlinked oval rings with one ring shown open or snapped through.
A broken chain expresses loss; three intact links identify an Odd Fellow. Both are chains on monuments and are easily conflated.