Member’s decoration granted power at first (6)
I believe the answer is:
armlet
'member's decoration' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'granted power at first' is the wordplay.
'granted' becomes 'let' (both can mean allowed).
'power' becomes 'arm' (arm can mean power or strength).
'at first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'let' put after 'arm' is 'ARMLET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armlet that I've seen before include "Band round sleeve" , "Member may be surrounded by this" , "Band for wearing" , "Band worn for decoration" , "Small band" .)