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ARTICLE IX - Orders, Precedence, and Symbols of Rank

• IX-100 The Order of Precedence within the Middle Kingdom shall be as follows:
  • Sovereign/Sovereign's Consort
  • Tanist/Tanist's Consort
  • Territorial Princes/Princesses
  • Heirs/Heiresses of Territorial Principalities
  • Dukes/Duchesses
  • Counts/Countesses
  • Viscounts/Viscountesses
  • Territorial Barons/Baronesses
  • Peers of the Realm
  • Court Barons/Baronesses
  • Awards and Orders conferring Grants of Arms
    1. Dragon's Heart
    2. Gold Mace/Greenwood Company/Bronze Ring/White Lance/Evergreen
    3. Grant of Arms
  • Awards and Orders conferring Awards of Arms
    1. Willow/Silver Oak
    2. Purple Fret/Queen's Favour/Doe's Grace/King's Chalice
    3. Dragon's Tooth/Dragon's Barb/Cavendish Knot/White Chamfron/Red Company
    4. Gaping Wound
    5. All other Awards of Arms

• IX-101 There shall also exist within the Middle Kingdom certain awards and orders which shall not convey precedence:
  • Award of the Dragon's Treasure
  • Award of the Silver Acorn
  • Award of the Baton
  • Award of the Purple Fretty
  • Award of the Dragon's Teeth
  • Award of the Dragon's Flight
  • Award of the Grove
  • Award of the Saphire
  • Order of the Royal Vanguard
  • Order of the Rose

• IX-102 Awards granted to a branch, guild or other organized group of the society shall not convey individual precedence to the members of that group.

• IX-103 Except for Royalty, all placement within the different classifications of the Order of Precedence shall be done according to seniority in that title. The placement of Territorial Barons and Baronesses shall be done according to the creation date of their barony. Within their own barony, the Baron and Baroness shall rank first among Territorial Barons and Baronesses.

• IX-104 Honors given by organizations below Kingdom level shall not appear in the Kingdom Order of Precedence although they may be used in their appropriate Orders of Precedence, i.e. Baronial awards may be employed in order to define a Baronial Order of Precedence.

• IX-105 In planning and executing a Grand Procession, the Crown, or the presiding heraldic officer, with the permission of the Crown, may determine the Order of March as they desire. Individuals created of more than one title may have their choice as to which title they march under in the Grand Procession.

• IX-106 The Order of the Rose shall exist in the Middle Kingdom for the purpose of encouraging chivalrous and courteous behavior among all members of the Society. Candidates shall have held the office of Consort for at least one full reign. Membership shall be automatic upon descension from the throne. Membership in the Order of the Rose shall not convey precedence.

• IX-200 The King and Queen may wear crowns of gold ornamented as They see fit.

• IX-201 The Tanist and Tanist's Consort may wear crowns of silver ornamented as They see fit.

• IX-202 The Prince/Princess of a Principality may wear coronets silver, ornamented as They see fit.

• IX-203 The Principality Heir and Heiress may wear coronets of silver with a single dance, ornamented as They see fit.

• IX-204 Dukes and Duchesses may wear coronets with strawberry leaves, ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-205 Counts and Countesses may wear coronets embattled, all gold, ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-206 Viscounts and Viscountesses may wear coronets embattled, all silver, ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-207 Great Lords and Ladies of State may wear the badges of their respective offices.

• IX-208 Peers of the Realm may wear the badges of their respective Orders as defined by Society Law.

• IX-209 Landed Barons and Baronesses may wear gold coronets with six pearls (spheroids), ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-210 Court Barons and Baronesses may wear silver coronets with six pearls (spheroids), ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-211;;; Court Barons and Baronesses that have served as landed Barons and Baronesses may wear silver coronets with twelve pearls (spheroids), ornamented as they see fit.

• IX-212 Members of the various Kingdom Orders may wear the badges of their respective Orders.

• IX-212 Members of the Populace with Awards of Arms may wear a simple metal circlet, ornamented as they see fit, with no more than one protrusion. The overall height of the band shall not exceed one inch. The circlet shall not resemble any of the coronets listed above.