The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . es wide; theCommanders wear it in smaller size round the neck by a some-what narrower ribbon, while the Knights have it, in still smallerproportions, fastened to the coat. Plate 14, Tab. IV. No. 29, represents the chain which themembers formerly used to wear upon their costume on festivaldays, while the new statutes mention neither costume nor chain. In 1846, the total number of the members was fixed atfour hundred and sixteen, viz. thirty-six Grand Crosses, sixtyCommanders, and three hundred and twenty Knights. TH
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . es wide; theCommanders wear it in smaller size round the neck by a some-what narrower ribbon, while the Knights have it, in still smallerproportions, fastened to the coat. Plate 14, Tab. IV. No. 29, represents the chain which themembers formerly used to wear upon their costume on festivaldays, while the new statutes mention neither costume nor chain. In 1846, the total number of the members was fixed atfour hundred and sixteen, viz. thirty-six Grand Crosses, sixtyCommanders, and three hundred and twenty Knights. THE ORDER OF ST. ELIZABETH. The first Consort of the Elector Charles Theodor of thePalatinate, Elizabeth Augusta, daughter of the Palatine JosephCharles Emanuel of Schulzbach, founded this Order for ladies inhonour of her sainted patroness and namesake, on the 18thOctober, 1766, as a purely charitable institution for the was confirmed on the 31st January, 1767, by Pope ClementXIII. and endowed with various indul;cncies. The Catholic B W AKI \ Table IV. JLATK II.
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