The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . Hurst % Blactett, ]838 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 109 guardant, each holding a book, and seven arrows. At theopposite end of the collar are two similar lions. The wholeis of gold, except the crosses, which are of white enamelsand it is linked together by small gold chains. The Badge is a gold cross of fourteen joints of whiteenamel, edged with gold, having in the centre, on one side,the Archangel St. Michael encountering Satan, and on theother, St. George on horseback, encountering a dragon withina blue c
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . Hurst % Blactett, ]838 GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 109 guardant, each holding a book, and seven arrows. At theopposite end of the collar are two similar lions. The wholeis of gold, except the crosses, which are of white enamelsand it is linked together by small gold chains. The Badge is a gold cross of fourteen joints of whiteenamel, edged with gold, having in the centre, on one side,the Archangel St. Michael encountering Satan, and on theother, St. George on horseback, encountering a dragon withina blue circle, on which the motto of the Order is cross is surmounted by the imperial crown, and is wornby the Knights Grand Cross to the collar, or to a wide Saxon-blue ribbon, with a scarlet stripe from the right shoulder tothe left side. The Mantle is of Saxon-blue satin, lined with scarletsilk, tied with cordons of blue and scarlet silk and gold, andhas on the left side the star of a Knight Grand Cross. The Chapeau is of blue satin, lined with scarlet, andsurmounte
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