Order of the Argent Hart
Order of the Argent Hart
The Order of the Argent Hart (abbreviated CAH) is a Kingdom-level Award of Arms Order in the Kingdom of the Outlands. It is given in recognition of outstanding skill, dedication, and achievement in the Arts and Sciences.
Purpose and Recognition
This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence in the practice and teaching of the Arts and Sciences, significantly enriching the realm and its populace. Areas of recognition may include, but are not limited to, costuming, brewing, illumination, music, metalwork, and other creative disciplines.
This Order bestows an Award of Arms upon the recipient if they do not already possess one.
Precedence
This Order carries the **precedence of an Award of Arms**. If the recipient already holds an AoA, their precedence is not changed but the honor is added to their list of achievements.
Badge
- Vert, a stag's head erased and affronty argent, collared and armed, within a bordure embattled Or.
Members of the Order are entitled to wear the badge of the Argent Hart.
Scroll Texts
Version 1
Template:King and Template:Queen, King and Queen of the Outlands,
to all who come by these presents, Greetings.
It is our prerogative to recognize those persons whose constant excellence in the practice and teaching of the Arts and Sciences has enriched Our realm.
We do therefore take and admit Template:Recipient to the Order of the Argent Hart{{, for Template:His/her/their outstanding abilities as a Template:Field of Expertise}}, that all may know of the esteem in which We hold Template:Him/her/them. Template:We further bestow the right to bear the insignia of the Order, to wit: ''Vert, a stag's head, erased and affronty, argent, collared and armed, within a bordure embattled Or.''
To which We set Our hand this Template:Day day of Template:Month, Anno Societatis Template:AS Year, being Template:Gregorian Year Gregorian.
Template:King’s Name King
Template:Queen’s Name Queen
Version 2
Template:King and Template:Queen, King and Queen of the lands of the Outlands,
to all nobles and gentles who come by these present letter, Greetings.
Whereas, Template:Recipient has shown excellence in the Arts and Sciences{{, most especially in the area(s) of/as a Template:Field of Expertise}},
We are minded this day to admit Template:Him/her/them to the Order of the Argent Hart, that all may know of Template:His/her/their worth. Template:We further bestow the right to bear the insignia of the Order, to wit: ''Vert, a stag's head, erased and affronty, argent, collared and armed, within a bordure embattled Or.''
To which We set Our hand this Template:Day day of Template:Month, Anno Societatis Template:AS Year, being Template:Gregorian Year Gregorian.
Template:King’s Name King
Template:Queen’s Name Queen
Version 3 (Non-gender-specific)
We, Template:King and Template:Queen, King and Queen of the Outlands, unto all whom these presents come, send Greetings.
It is Our prerogative to recognize those persons whose constant excellence in the practice and teaching of the Arts and Sciences has enriched Our Realm.
We do therefore take and admit Template:Recipient to the Order of the Argent Hart. Template:We further bestow the right to bear the insignia of the Order, to wit: ''Vert, a stag's head erased and affronty, argent, collared and armed, within a bordure embattled Or.''
To which We set Our Hand this Template:Day day of Template:Month, Anno Societatis Template:AS Year, being Template:Gregorian Year in the common reckoning of years.
Template:King’s Name King
Template:Queen’s Name Queen
Optional Additions for Arms
If the recipient does not already hold an Award of Arms, the following line may be added after the first sentence in section (4) of any version:
We further wish to reward Template:Him/her/them with an Award of Arms. We award [Lord/Lady/Noble] Template:Recipient the right to bear those Arms approved by the College of Arms, Template:Blazon, throughout the lands of the Known World as a sign of Template:His/her/their great merit.
The following heraldic attestation must also be added:
The College of Arms, finding no impediment to the Arms here blazoned, has assigned their exclusive use to Template:Recipient.
White Stag Principal Herald
If the recipient has no registered Arms, use this instead:
We further wish to reward Template:Him/her/them with an Award of Arms, and charge [Lord/Lady/Noble] Template:Recipient to consult with Ourselves and Our heralds to determine suitable and unique Arms.
Heraldic Achievement Notes
If the scroll conveys an Award of Arms, a full heraldic achievement may be included. The shield may be displayed with a ribbon (but not chains) from which the badge of the Order is suspended. The ribbon may be any color except white.
If no Award of Arms is conveyed, the recipient’s heraldry should not be displayed as an achievement.