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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here is the one I can nail...</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FALCON = Sable Falcon of Ansteorra</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What follows is a 'complete' Ansteorran OP abbreviations (Peers down) taken from the exceptionally well written Guiding Hand document put out by Micheal de la Mare which can be found at <A HREF="http://lshome.utsa.edu/sca/guiding%20hand/guidhan4.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://lshome.utsa.edu/sca/guiding%20hand/guidhan4.htm</A></FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">10. Peers:<BR>
Knights of the Society (KSCA)<BR>
Mastery of Arms (MSCA)<BR>
Master/Mistress of the Laurel (ML)<BR>
Master/Mistress of the Pelican (MP)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">11. Court Barons & Baronesses</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">12. Ansteorran Grant Orders:<BR>
Order of the Iris of Merit (CIM)<BR>
Order of the Star of Merit (CSM)<BR>
Order of the White Scarf of Ansteorra (WSA)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">13. All other Grants of Rank</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">14. Ansteorran Grace Awards:<BR>
King's Gauntlet of Ansteorra (KGA)<BR>
Queens Glove of Ansteorra (QGA)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">15. Ansteorran Arts & Kingdom Service Awards:<BR>
Award of the Sable Thistle of Ansteorra (THISTLE)<BR>
Award of the Sable Crane of Ansteorra (CRANE)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">16. Ansteorran Principality Orders & Awards:<BR>
Circle of the Ascending Star (CAS)*<BR>
Gilded Thorn of Ansteorra (GTA)*<BR>
Order of the Aristotelis Descipuli (OAD)*</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">17. Ansteorran Baronial Service Orders: (In Order of the Creation of the Baronies)<BR>
Order o/t Misty Star [Stargate] (OMS)*<BR>
Order o/t Astral Clarion [Stargate] (OAC)*<BR>
Sodality o/t Sentinels of the Stargate (SSG)<BR>
Order o/t Tread o/t Stepes (OTS)*<BR>
Order o/t Oak o/t Steppes (OOS)<BR>
Order o/t Cap and Bells of Bjornsborg (OCBB)*<BR>
Order o/t Ursa Majoris of Bjornsborg (OUMB)*<BR>
Unnamed order for Bjornsborg (bjo)<BR>
Order o/t Silent Trumpet of Bordermarch (OSTB)<BR>
Order o/t Halberd of Bryn Gwlad (OHBG)*<BR>
Order o/t Dreigiau Bryn [Bryn Gwlad] (ODB)<BR>
Order o/t Heart o/t Sable Storm [Namron] (OHSS)<BR>
Order des Cotes Anciennes [Eldern Hills] (OCA)<BR>
Order o/t Raven's Heart [Raven's Fort] (ORH)<BR>
Order o/t Azure Keystone [Elfsea] (AKE)<BR>
Unnamed order for Wiesenfeurer (wei)<BR>
Order o/t Serpent's Toils of Loch Soilleir (STLS)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">18. Ansteorran Awards for Service to Shires and to Children:<BR>
Award of the Sable Comet (COMET)<BR>
Award of the Compass Rose (CRA)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">19. All Other Awards of Arms</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">20. Kingdom Honors:<BR>
Order o/t Motley Sash of Ansteorra (CMS)<BR>
Award of the Queen's Rapier of Ansteorra (AQR)<BR>
Award of the Rising Star of Ansteorra (ARS)<BR>
Sable Falcon of Ansteorra (FALCON)<BR>
Lion of Ansteorra, Defender of the Dream (LION)<BR>
Lady of the Rose (LR)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">21. Principality Honors:<BR>
Order o/t Madonnas of Ansteorra (OMA)*<BR>
Pillars of Ansteorra (PILA)*</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">22. Foreign Baronial Honors</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">(*Denotes these Orders are Closed):</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">From: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">JLB7852@acs.tamu.edu [SMTP:JLB7852@acs.tamu.edu]</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Sent: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Wednesday, August 04, 1999 1:07 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">To: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">ANSTEORRA@Ansteorra.ORG</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Subject: </FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">ANST - OP award abbreviations</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Okay, I've tried the Kingdom Herald and the Zodiacus Herald, maybe someone</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">knows what these award abbreviations stand for. I'm archiving the monthly</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">newsletters of the Shire of the Shadowlands and came across an old OP with</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">awards possibly from the Middle Kingdom. Can you help?</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">SSG</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CSS</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OPF</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FALCON</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OW</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">OPF and OW may be order of the purple fret and order of the willow but I'm not</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">sure.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Lady Jilleighanne</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Shadowlands Historian/Hospitaler</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">P.S. I'd ask our herald but that position is open right now...</FONT>
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