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Old 15th November 2023, 11:18 AM   #15
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...The device with Latin inscription is the Order of the Garter ...
A sort of French ... if may, Jim . As the legend that, (according to the most popular version), originates in an event occurred in 1347 in a court ball in Calais. Supposedly the motto was written in Anglo Norman, a dialect of Old Norman French, spoken in a period by the English ruling class.
But you know all that, of course .
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