The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . 17 18 Hur»l and lihu^kf II . PORTUGAL. 195 the 17th December following, his Consort to frame the statutes,which were promulgated on the 25th April, 1804. The badge is a Gold Medal, (Tab. IV. No. 16) of whichthe obverse contains the figure of St. Isabella of Portugalwith the subscription, Pauperum solatio. (Comforter of thepoor), and the reverse * Real Orden do Santa Isabel.(Royal Order of St. Isabella). On gala and festival days,the decoration is worn suspended by a broad rose colouredribbon with
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . 17 18 Hur»l and lihu^kf II . PORTUGAL. 195 the 17th December following, his Consort to frame the statutes,which were promulgated on the 25th April, 1804. The badge is a Gold Medal, (Tab. IV. No. 16) of whichthe obverse contains the figure of St. Isabella of Portugalwith the subscription, Pauperum solatio. (Comforter of thepoor), and the reverse * Real Orden do Santa Isabel.(Royal Order of St. Isabella). On gala and festival days,the decoration is worn suspended by a broad rose colouredribbon with white stripes in the form of a scarf; but onordinary occasions, it is fastened at the left side by a bowof a similar but narrow^er ribbon. The Order is limited totwenty six ladies (besides the Princesses of the royalfamily, and of foreign reigning houses), married, or notyounger than twenty-six years. On St. Isabellas day, the Grand Mistress, accompanied bythe members, visit, after Divine Service, the Foundling Hospital,while the Orphan Asylum is inspected by them once eve
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