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Three interlinked chain rings, the emblem of the Odd Fellows.
Also known as: Three chain links, IOOF emblem, FLT links
Three intact links, conventionally lettered F, L and T for Friendship, Love and Truth. Like the square and compasses this identifies an organisation rather than expressing a sentiment — and it is routinely mistaken for a broken-chain mourning motif.
Three interlinked rings, the emblem of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, conventionally bearing the letters F, L and T for Friendship, Love and Truth.
On a monument it identifies membership of the order, which makes it one of the reliably readable motifs rather than an interpretive one.
Contexts: History
Frequently mistaken for a broken-chain mourning motif. The links of the Odd Fellows emblem are intact and there are exactly three; a mourning chain is shown broken.
Three oval rings linked in a row, each passing through the next, often with a single letter carved inside each ring.
A broken chain expresses loss; three intact links identify an Odd Fellow. Both are chains on monuments and are easily conflated.
Both are fraternal emblems that identify organisational membership on a monument.
Clasped hands appear with the three links in Odd Fellows monuments.