[Ansteorra] Coronets and Hats

[James Crouchet]

I agree with Alden on this. The wearing is optional. However, if someone
fails to give your rank the proper respect when you fail to wear the
hat, you should have no complaint.

I can guarantee you that in period there were many times that someone of
rank went around without the regalia of office. Hundreds of portraits
testify to that.

There may be many reasons not to wear regalia of any type. Thought I am
a Don and a Baron, this past weekend I wore no White Scarf and no
Coronet because I was playing a different character. By some strange
chance that character just happened to be allied with another alternate
character who was played by the Queen. She also wore no regalia in
playing her role. We both appeared in court at various times as our
alternate characters. Any requirements to wear our regalia would have
spoiled all that. Neither the slip of white cloth nor the shiny hat was
necessary for me to serve my Queen.

The rank is invested in the person, not the regalia. Wearing a coronet
make a person Noble; failing to wear one does not mean they stop being
Noble.

Christian Doré


Paul DeLisle wrote:
> Hi, Hillary!
>
> Remove "always" and "must", and all three choices are correct.
>
> Wearing regalia is a matter of personal choice. Neither Corpora, Kingdom law
> or the terms of *any* Award or Order's charter *require* the wearing of
> insignia or regalia... they grant the *priviledge* of wearing a particular
> piece.
>
> As to Ansteorran (or any other) custom or tradition:
> I've seen Duke Frederick of Holland without any regalia but a white Baldric;
> I've also seen him spinning his Ducal coronet of the end of his Marshalling
> staff.
> And I've have seen Ansteorran Crowns attend events "in mufti", with no
> regalia at all. As long as no dishonor to the Order, Rank, or Award is
> easily perceived, any method of display (or none at all) is appropriate.
>
> In Service, I remain
> Alden Pharamond
> Tir Medoin, Ansteorra
> (Olde Farte Herald)
>
>
>
>   
>> Should one always wear their Court Barony coronet at events?
>> Or is it equally as correct to wear a period hat that matches
>> one's costume,
>> but then wear one's Court Barony coronet only during court?
>> Or must one combine a period hat with a Court Barony coronet?
>>
>> Answers?
>> Hillary
>>     
>
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