Posted by Count75 on October 3, 2013, 7:03 am, in reply to "Re: neck ribbon?"
--Previous Message-- : : Thinking British, I call that a neck ribbon. : A collar is the larger and longer : "chain" of ornaments. : : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : I think they are we wearing the Royal Order : of : the Seraphim ( : : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Seraphim : ) : : H.M The King is wearing the Order of Saint : James of the Sword ( : : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_James_of_the_Sword : ) : : H.M The Queen is wearing the Order of Christ : ( : : : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Christ_%28Portugal%29 : ). As the ribbon is red the use of rubies : is very appropriate. The use of the Braganza : Tiara would also have been interessing. : : : I thought they were wearing the collar of : the Order of the Polar Star. I didn't know : the Order of Seraphim came with a collar. : This is the first time seeing it. It's nice : to see the princes of Sweden wearing it. : : : I wonder if I call it a collar because I'm American. As I wrote 'collar' it looked strange.