Awards for things (Was: Award Time)

[Chris and Elisabeth Zakes]

>
>Just out of curiousity, have you ever *seen* anyone receive an award for
>authenticity?  How about research?  Certainly I've seen them given out
>for *applying* any reasearch they did, say in prettily embroidered costuming
>(and I'm not criticizing that at all), but when was the last time a
>research document *won* anything at an A&S competition?  A Sable Sphincter
>was given out for *Authentic* clothing?
>
>Personally, I would prefer that "authentic" remain the basis for my personal
>standard, and not a cookie to crawl after, but the question came up recentl
>
>Diarmuit
>
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Mistress Adelicia Gilwell has received a Sable Thistle for Research. I don't
know of any others, but the original Lion of Ansteorra, Orm Skjolbidig,
earned it by being the most authentic Norseman I had (and still have) ever seen.
Aethelyan