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the Garter attend the Sovereign Invested with their Collars;” 4 and also atCoronations, Royal Marriages, and Royal Funerals. No Knight can wear theCollar until he has been Installed, or received a Dispensation from the per-formance of that Ceremony, because the Knights-Elect ought to be Investedwith the Collar at their Installation. Authority is given by the Statutes torepresent the Collar in the Pictures, Sculptures, and Monuments of the Com-panions. It is not to be alienated for any cause whatever, and the Executors orAdministrators of every Companion, are to return it to the Great Master, 3 or tothe Genealogist of the Order, 6 within three months after their decease. TheCollars and all the other Insignia are provided by the Sovereign.

THE BADGE.

Two Badges are assigned to the Knights Grand Cross, one for the Civil,and the other for the Military Knights. The Badge now worn by the CivilKnights Grand Cross, was instituted at the Revival of the Order in 1725, andclosely resembles that of the Knights of the Bath in the reign of King Charlesthe First, 7 and until the Institution fell into desuetude. It is entirely of gold, ofan oval form, containing a Sceptre between three Imperial Crowns, one and two,together with the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, 8 all being pierced or cut out, andsurrounded by the Motto 9 of the Order, in burnished letters on dead gold. It isordered by the Twelfth Article of the Statutes, “ that every Companion, after hisInstallation, shall constantly wear the Badge, Cognizance, or Ensign of theOrder, being three Imperial Crowns, Or, which shall be placed within the ancientMotto of the Order, Tria Juncta in Uno, which Badge shall be pendant to aRed Ribband, placed obliquely over the Right Shoulder to the Left Side.” 10

The Badge of the Military Knights Grand Cross, established in January1815, is a gold Maltese Cross of eight points, enamelled white, terminating withsmall gold balls, having in each of the four angles a gold Lion of England. Inthe centre, on a ground of white enamel, are the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock,issuing from a gold Sceptre, between three gold Imperial Crowns, all within a

4 Statute of the 1st of June 1725, Art. I. p. 65, antea. 5 Ibid.

6 Statute of the 8th of May 1812, p. 116, antea. 7 Vide p. 38, antea.

8 Vide note *, p. 193, antea.

9 Some remarks on the Motto will be found in pp. 96—98, antea.

10 Vide p. 57, antea.