Harry Klitzner Company History

Around the turn of the century, fourteen year old Harry Klitzner worked as a platers helper in someone else's jewelry shop. At the end of the business day, Harry went home and made fraternal emblematic jewelry in the back of his mother's candy store. Homemade tools hammered the designs. A goldfish bowl and an enamel pot were used for plating tanks.

Starting with only a small directory of Lodges from the Loyal Order of Moose, Harry launched his first mail order business. From the very beginning, Harry's product was new, innovative, affordable and guaranteed. As a result, business arrived in mail sacks and the business prospered through the depression and two world wars.

While many jewelry companies are "Mom and Pop" type operations that never changed, at the end of the second World War, Harry's two sons joined the business and moved The Harry Klitzner Company into a modern new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that would allow us to meet the ever increasing demand for quality emblematic products at affordable prices.

As the business grew, the company bought out many of its longtime competitors including Newark Emblem, J.J. Darling, John H. Collingwood and F.A. Whiting. Through years of expansion and acquisition, innovation and a commitment to quality, The Harry Klitzner Company became what is today, the largest factory-direct fraternal emblematic jeweler in the country working with hundreds of organizations both large and small, both here and abroad.

Still family owned and operated, the Harry Klitzner manufacturing complex covers an entire city block, housing one of the most extensive, all-encompassing facilities in the jewelry industry. Known in the trade as the "Florence of the Jewelry Industry", our unique and extensive capabilities assure our customers of the most advanced technologies available to produce products for your organization that are creative, universal, and above all, the highest level of quality money can buy.

No matter how large or small your organization is, whether you wish to place a order from our extensive stock line of merchandise or have us make something custom for a special event, The Harry Klitzner Company is at your disposal. From coming up with fresh, vibrant and innovative designs, our modern 130,000 square foot factory and our dedicated team of well over 150 fulltime designers and artisans can help make your project a reality with a product you can be proud to wear or present. We are just a toll free phone or fax, email or mouse click away.