Knight of the Order of the Garter, a British order of chivalry founded in 1344 by King Edward III. The highest honour in Britain, and membership is limited to the sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 members or Companions. Copied from an illustration by Christoph Weigel in Philipp Bonanni’s Ritter-Ordern, 1728. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1802.

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