The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... (1858)
Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892 · London : Hurst and Blackett · leaf 422
ch Gardane, and other members of the French Legation, received in Persia, and which was sub-* sequently transformed into * The Order of the Lion and the Sun. The badge represents the Sun rising upon the back of the Lion or the Sun in Leo, i. e., the Sun in its fullest power in the zodiac.* The form…
Orders of knighthood and chivalry · Military and religious orders · Heraldry
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