The _label_ of H.R.H. the first Duke of CAMBRIDGE was silver, of three
points, and the points differenced with _a red cross_ in the centre, and
on each of the two side points _two red hearts in pale_. The second and
late Duke bore the same _label_ as his father, and below it a second
_label_ of three points _gules_. The _label_ of H.R.H. the first Duke of
CUMBERLAND (son of KING GEORGE III.) was of silver, and of _three
points_ charged with a _fleur de lys_ between _two crosses gules_. The
second Duke bore an additional _label_ of _three points gules_, the
_centre point_ charged with the _white horse of Hanover_. These Dukes
bore the Royal Arms as used in the reign of GEORGE III. and not as
altered for Queen VICTORIA, differencing the accessories as well as the
Shield with their _labels_.
In 1904 a warrant was issued for H.R.H. Prince ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT. The
label was of five points charged with three red crosses and two blue
fleurs de lys alternately. The coronet assigned to him was of crosses
patée and strawberry leaves alternately.
An interesting warrant was issued for the Princess VICTORIA EUGENIE OF
BATTENBERG, now Queen of SPAIN, in view of her then approaching
marriage. This assigned to her the arms of her father within a bordure
of England, and each of the supporters had a banner of the Royal Arms of
the United Kingdom placed in his paws.
Even more interesting was the warrant issued in 1913 to H.H. Princess
ALEXANDRA, Duchess of FIFE. This assigned to her upon a lozenge the
Royal Arms, differenced by the same label as that of her mother the
Princess Royal, and upon an inescutcheon the quarterly coat of Duff, the
inescutcheon being surmounted by the coronet of a Duchess of the United
Kingdom, and the lozenge itself being surmounted by the coronet of a
Princess of the rank of Highness. The dexter supporter is the Royal Lion
of England crowned with the last-mentioned coronet and charged with the
label as in the arms. The sinister supporter is a savage taken from the
supporters of the late Duke of Fife.
CHAPTER XIX
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD AND INSIGNIA OF HONOUR
_Feudal Knighthood-- Orders of Knighthood: Knights of St. John;
Knights Templars; The Order of the Garter; of the Thistle; of St.
Patrick; of the Bath; of St. Michael and St. George; of The Star of
India-- Order of Merit-- Royal Victorian Order-- Imperial Service
Order-- The Victoria Cross-- The Albert Medal-- Naval and Military
Medals-- Foreign Insignia bestowed on British Subjects._
“The same King would make an Order of KNIGHTS of himself
and his Sons, and of the bravest of his land.”
--FROISSART.
“I will say as I have said,--
Thou art a noble KNIGHT.”
--LORD OF THE ISLES.
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