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NOTE1850

COLLAR OF SS

By ARMIGER.

"All the ensigns and marks of honour appertaining to persons of highest distinction, are equestrian."—*Sabnasins*. The interest which attaches to this very ancient and distinguished ensign of chivalrous honour will excuse the introduction into your pages of a fuller dissertation upon the subject than what appears in "NOTES AND QUERIES," Nos. 39. and 41., in answer to the several questions put by your correspondents B. and [Greek: Ph]. After referring to the papers on the Collar of SS., and other collars of livery, published a few years ago in the *Gentleman's Magazine*, and his intention to ar…

Topics: Collar of SS, Knighthood, Heraldry, Royal Household

Locations: England