Centurions of the Sable Star of Ansteorra

The badge for the Centurions.

Centurions Page on the Ansteorra Website

The Order of the Centurions of the Sable Star is a Grant Level award given in the Kingdom of Ansteorra for excellence on the field in the Chivalric arts.

General Information:

The Centurions of the Sable Star of Ansteorra are those individuals who have been recognized for their leadership on the field of battle in Chivalric Combat. The Centurions are a polling order.

Award Constitution:

"There shall exist in Ansteorra an order unto which the Crown shall select persons who have demonstrated all of the following qualities:

• Exceptional leadership, skill and honor in chivalric combat.
• Service to Ansteorra and its people;
• Knowledge of the courtly graces; and
• Obedience to the laws and ideals of Ansteorra and of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

This Order shall be known as the Order of the Centurions of the Sable Star..."

History

The Order of the Centurions of the Sable Star is an award that was created by the 30th Crown of Ansteorra, Inman and Athena.

Precedence

Companions of the Order shall take precedence after all nobility and peerage and before simple Grants of Rank. The Order of the White Scarf, Star of Merit, Iris of Merit, Centurions of the Sable Star, Arc d'Or of Ansteorra, and Golden Lance of Ansteorra are held to be of equal precedence.

Membership:

"The First Century"
"The Second Century"

Insignia:

The badge of the order is: Fieldless on an eagle displayed Or a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable. Companions of the Order are entitled place the initials CSS or the word "Centurion" after their names, to be addressed with the title "Centurion", and to wear, either on the right calf or above the left elbow, a ribbon Or edged gules charged with a sable Ansteorran star. (Companions who joined the order prior to September 2002 may choose to wear the original ribbon sable edged Or charged with an Or Ansteorran Star.)

The Original Cloaks

The Order of the Centurion of the Sable Star of Ansteorra was created by Duke Inman and Countess Athena. The award constitution was read into law on June 18, 1994, and was a complete surprise to the recipients. The "First Six" were Daniel Blackaxe, Hakon de Decker, Pepin Moroni, Robin of Gilwell, Thorgard inn Svarti, and Vlad Ravna Starkraven. At that time, no insignia was available. The cloaks were later created by Treschen of Mooneschadowe, and presented by Treschen and Talan to the Order, at the stepping down of Mikhail / Coronation of Mahdi I. (January 8, 1997) The original cloaks have been passed down numerous times:

• Daniel Blackaxe, 06/18/1994
  • Johann Gunnbjornson
    • Alard de Cambray
      • Ian Camber
        • Thorvald Egilsson

• Hakon de Decker, 06/18/1994

• Pepin Moroni, 06/18/1994
  • Katrionna Heather MacLochlainn
    • Treschen von Asselen

• Robin of Gilwell, 06/18/1994
  • Miguel Sebastian de Oporto, 01/08/1997
    • Quintus Aurelius Dracontius 07/27/1997
      • Gustav Hastings, 08/02/1999
        • Anton Swith, 11/10/2001
          • Louis le Blaireau, 01/29/2005
            • Daire de Haya, 09/03/2005
              • Lochlan Dunn, 05/11/2009
                • Gerhart Wolfgang der Rote 1/16/2010

• Thorgard inn Svarti, 06/18/1994

Note: Thorgard states that he did not ever receive one of these Six Original cloaks. "I was not there when the cloaks were presented, and did not receive one. My first cloak, I made myself, before I was a Lion. I later gave it to Alfredo Gabriel Halcon. My second cloak was crafted with both the Eagle and the Lion."

• Vlad Ravna Starkraven, 06/18/1994