I am hoping that some board members who speak or read German might be able to ascertain if any of these items are still with the Museum today. They are a fascinating category of royal jewellery. Although the press report does not suggest that these "garters" are an Order like the Order of the Garter (and the items worn by some Knights of the Garter as a leg band and by some English Queens as an arm band) the notion reminds me of those items.