King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra

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The King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra is an AoA Level award given in the Kingdom of Ansteorra for service to the King.

Overview

There shall exist in Ansteorra an award unto which shall be given by the King unto persons found to have served him well and faithfully, above and beyond what is normally expected of a citizen of Ansteorra.

Holders of the Award of the King's Gauntlet shall be entitled to be styled and announced in procession as “Holder of the King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra."

Holders of the King’s Gauntlet of Ansteorra shall be entitled to carry a cloth or leather gauntlet bearing an Ansteorran star (a mullet of five greater and five lesser points sable) and the granting King’s cipher.

Precedence

Holders of the Award shall take precedence after simple Grants of Arms and before the companions of the various baronial orders. The Awards of the King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra and Queen’s Glove of Ansteorra are held to be of equal precedence.

History

The King’s Gauntlet of Ansteorra was created by the 1st Crown, Jonathon DeLaufyson Macebearer and Willow de Wisp, XIV (1979).

The number of awards given shall not be limited, either in number of holders of the Award or in number of monarchs choosing to honor one individual.

http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/OP/op-awards.php?submit=List&id=40