None of the old-established Orders has any connection w’itli valour in the field. The Order of the Gaiter was instituted to commemorate an act of gallantry to a lady. The Order of the Thistle has a religious .character. „ , Tire .-.Order elk the Bath, first founded in honour of Hie Coronation of Henry IV., was revived by George I. with-no particular object. The Order .cf St. Patrick, which dates from the reign, of George'lll., was instituted - in time of peace as a' compliment to 'the Irish noblesse: St. Michael and St. George commemorated the British- 'Protectorate' of ihe '.lonian ‘lslands.' The D.S.O. is the only Order of a strictly .military character*.
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New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 65 (Supplement)
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