rm'/TVIl?' THE ANCIENT SPURS-EMBLEMS Of CHIVALRY, (jlltr I Itf N PRESERVED FOR CENTURIES-WERE SOLD BYrnt C 7 I ViAVU Commonwealth for £ 1.13.4 and were LOST! OF QT" the SPURS now used at CORONATIONS Wtßt MADE ,3*30. V) VVJKWv IN THE REIGN Of CHARLES If . THEY ARE OF SOLID GOLD, WITH STRAPS Of CRIMSON VELVET. , z—? AFTER BEING HANDED TO THE KING, AT THE CORON. ATION ,IHt SPURS ARE REPLACED UPON THE ALTAR. STRAPS X r**^**- 7 !-. THE PERSECUTION Of THE CHRISTIANS BY IHE ROMAN EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN CAUSED ST.GEORGE TO CONfESS Wl I HE CHRISTIAN FAITH. ANO HE WAS TORTURED ANO ZsV PUT TO DEATH IN THE YEAR 303 . , ZIC/Zi ftl although his name was held sacred from the I[CJ/ ™ )> TIME Of HIS MARTYRDOM IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1330 cX -/."X THAT ST. GEORGE WAS MADE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND. M OHAGON SYMBOLIZES THE BRUTALITY Of BEAMISH. weeneGs: Ab FOR. THOUSANDS Of YEARS BRACELETS HAVE BEEN THE MARK Of KINGSHIP. WHEN SAUL. KING Of ISRAEL WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE HIS CROWN ANO BRACELET WERE BROUGHT TO KING DAVID. <£ ,N PER-SIA, AT THE PRESENT DAY,THE SHAH ANJ> HIS SONS ARE THE ONLY MEN PERMITTED TO WEAR BRACELETS .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 58, 10 March 1937, Page 8
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