Military Uniform of a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star
Military Uniform of a Knight Grand Cross with Gold Star
HAT: bicorner hat of black felt, decorated with black ostrich plumes, edged with a band of gold, 50 mm wide; cockade of celeste silk, 95 mm in diameter, decorated with four gold cords and closed with a gold-plated metal button, 21 mm wide, bearing the Constantinian Cross.
TUNIC: in royal blue woolen cloth, double-breasted, with two rows of six buttons of gold-plated metal, 21 mm wide, bearing the Constantinian Cross; the collar (50 mm high) and cuffs (120 mm wide) are white cloth with designs embroidered in gold thread, alternating in design of laurel and oak leaves, framed by a triple border of gold thread (respectively, 45 mm and 75 mm). At the cuffi, three buttons of gold-plated metal, 15 mm wide, bearing the Constantinian Cross. At the shoulders. a double strip of gold on red cord to which the epaulets are affixed.
TROUSERS: in royal blue woolen cloth with lateral bands of gold thread cords, 38 mm wide.
EPAULETS: entirely embroidered in gold thread on a red woolen background, with a button in gold-plated metal, 15 mm wide, as above as well as the Constantinian Cross in gold and deep crimson enamel measuring 40 mm.
BELT: 40 mm wide, with a triple stripe of gold on a back of red leather and silk; buckle in gold-plated metal, 50 mm diameter, with the Constantinian Cross and a wreath of laurel in the center.
SWORD: in the form of a Cross, of steel, with gold-plate, and mother-of-pearl handle.
SPURS: in gold-plated metal with decorations.
GLOVES: white.
The uniform reproduced is reserved to Bailiffs Knight Grand Cross of Justice, Knights Grand Cross of Justice, and Knights Grand Cross with Gold Star.
Bailiffs Knight Grand Cross of Justice, decorated with the Collar, and Knights Grand Cross with the Gold Star, decorated with the Collar, wear a hat decorated with white ostrich plumes.
Knights Grand Cross of Grace have embroidery at the collar and the cuffs reduced to 30mm and 50mm, respectively
Knights Grand Cross of Merit have the collar and cuffs without embroidery and merely framed by the triple border of gold.
Knight Commanders and Knights of Justice, as well as Knight Commanders and Knights of Grace and Knights Commanders and Knights of Merit, wear the same uniforms as the Knights Grand Cross of their Category, but without the ostrich plumes and without the gold border on their hats, and without embroidery on the epaulets.
Mantle Cape of the Order
Mantle Cape of the Order
MANTLE: in royal blue woolen cloth with a collar of deep crimson velvet, 55 mm high, embroidered and edged in gold thread with laurel branches alternating with fleurs-de-lys; closed with two circular clasps, 50 mm in diameter, in gold-plated metal, with the Constantinian Cross set in a laurel wreath, and attached by a chain of thorns, likewise in gold-plated metal. On the left shoulder, a large Constantinian Cross of 25 cm is embroidered in gold thread on deep crimson velvet.
The mantle reproduced is reserved to all ranks of the Category of Justice and the Special Category.
The Category of Grace has the collar of the mantle trimmed in gold without embroidery.
The Category of Merit has the collar of the mantle without trim or embroidery.