Garter circlet

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The Garter circlet is the blue buckled belt bearing the Order of the Garter’s motto, traditionally shown encircling the royal coat of arms or a knight’s personal arms as a symbol of membership in Britain’s highest order of chivalry.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Garter 1
Garter circlet canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emblem of the Order of the Garter ⓘ
heraldic insignia ⓘ
symbol of chivalric order ⓘ
associatedWith British monarchy ⓘ
Order of the Garter ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts buckled belt ⓘ
field heraldry ⓘ
governingBody College of Arms ⓘ
hasPart buckle ⓘ
end tab ⓘ
strap ⓘ
inscriptionType motto ⓘ
languageOfMotto Old French ⓘ
linkedTo Garter Principal King of Arms ⓘ
materialDepicted garter leather ⓘ
mottoDisplayed Honi soit qui mal y pense ⓘ
mottoMeaning Shame on him who thinks evil of it ⓘ
orderFoundationCentury 14th century ⓘ
orderFoundedBy King Edward III ⓘ
orderRank highest British order of chivalry ⓘ
orientation shown as a closed, buckled circle ⓘ
positionInArms surrounding the shield ⓘ
relatedInsignia Garter badge ⓘ
Garter riband ⓘ
Garter star ⓘ
scriptStyle Roman capitals ⓘ
shape circular belt ⓘ
status official heraldic emblem ⓘ
symbolizes highest order of chivalry in Britain ⓘ
membership in the Order of the Garter ⓘ
symbolType order collar or circlet ⓘ
traditionallyEncircles personal coat of arms ⓘ
royal coat of arms ⓘ
usedBy Knights Companion of the Garter ⓘ
Ladies Companion of the Garter ⓘ
Sovereign of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
usedIn armorial bearings of British sovereigns ⓘ
armorial bearings of Garter knights ⓘ
usedOn personal arms of Knights of the Garter ⓘ
personal arms of Ladies of the Garter ⓘ
royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Garter star → encircledBy → Garter ⓘ
linked to: Garter circlet