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Knight Order Garter British Medal Honi Soit Qui Mal YWonderful old large british medal 'honi soit qui mal y pense' (french for â? ~evil be to him who evil thinks') appears on a garter which surrounds the shield on the royal coat of arms. This garter symbolises the order of the garter, an ancient order of knighthood of which teh queen is sovereign. According to tradition, the order was founded in 1348 by king edward iii, who is said to have picked up a garter dropped by the countess of salisbury at a court festival and gallantly tied it round his own knee, saying, 'honi soit qui mal y pense' ('shame on him who thinks evil of it'), words hwich today form the motto of the order adrian room, dictionary of england, 204. Sellra and yeatman offer another version of the tale edward iii had very good manners. One day at a royal dance he noticed some menaboutcourt mocking a lady whose garter had come off, whereupon to put her at her ease he stopped the dance and made the memorable epitaph 'honi soit qui mal y pense' ('honey, your silk stocking's hnaging down') and having replaced the garter with a romantic gesture and gave the illmannered courtiers the order of the bath. (this was an extreme fomr of torture in the middle ages. ) i have tried my best to describe this but i do not know what collectors look for. All our tiems are from smoke free homes. Please check the shipping calculator for cost, we welcome questions so please email me with any you may have and thanks for looking -please see our other ads for other fun items- we are happy to combine shipping for your savings. Powered by ebay turbo listerthe rfee listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. |
