The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 239
Fig. 295. From the Collar depends the George, which is a repre- 232 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY. sentation of the Patron Saint of England, on horseback,piercing the Dragon with a lance. The Star was devised in the second year of King Charlesthe First, by surrounding the Badge with rays of silver. … Fig. 296. Knights of the Order wear it on the left breast of their coats,when they are not habited in their Mantles. In addition to the foregoing Insignia, another Badge issometimes worn. This is a George, within an inscribedGarter, suspended from a dark-blue ribbon, which passesover the wearers…
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