What organization is this?

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Today is Elizabeth's funeral. In honour of the occasion, one of our candidates for local office (Ontario has municipal elections next month) posted something on Facebook about Elizabeth and what she meant to him. The post included this picture:



What organization, order or whatnot are all these things from? Anyone have any idea?

The crown and overall style reminds me of an Orange Order sash (and I've seen that red cross on Orange Order sashes before). However, those Maltese Crosses seem "too Catholic" for Orange Order regalia.

Is this regalia familiar to anyone? Do you know what it represents?

 

[Eddi]

It may be a home-made costume that he just made up himself so as to appear important?

 

[Eddi]

Also, I'm no expert but I believe official decorations are supposed to go on the left?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Also, I'm no expert but I believe official decorations are supposed to go on the left?

I can't tell whether it's a mirrored selfie, so I'm not sure how much weight to put on that.

 

[Eddi]

I can't tell whether it's a mirrored selfie, so I'm not sure how much weight to put on that.

I think his sash appears to be on the right way round though

I'm no expert but I think a sash is supposed to go over the left shoulder

 

[Eddi]

I think his sash appears to be on the right way round though

I'm no expert but I think a sash is supposed to go over the left shoulder

Forget that I was wrong!

Wikipedia says that in commonwealth traditions it goes over the right shoulder

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Pretty sure it's the Royal Black Knights, which I want to say is an extension of the Orange Order. Maybe more religious and less cultural?
Don't know a ton about it, but that's my guess. The symbols look about right. They've always looked masonic to me.

(I've done a lot of reading on Ireland over the years. No idea about Canada, but there appears to be a chapter, so that's my guess)

 

[Twilight Hue]

It may be a home-made costume that he just made up himself so as to appear important?

I do the defacto assumption.

Masons and the illuminati!

 

[ChristineM]

Pretty sure it's the Royal Black Knights, which I want to say is an extension of the Orange Order. Maybe more religious and less cultural?
Don't know a ton about it, but that's my guess. The symbols look about right. They've always looked masonic to me.

(I've done a lot of reading on Ireland over the years. No idea about Canada, but there appears to be a chapter, so that's my guess)

I don't know much about it but I've heard of the Royal Black Knights,

Edit, and a wiki

Royal Black Institution - Wikipedia

 

[Augustus]

those Maltese Crosses seem "too Catholic" for Orange Order regalia.

The cross with laurel leaf circle is used on a variety of medals associated with the House of Orange-Nassau.

Hard to see, but his medal might be a riff on that, thus avoiding the cardinal sin of popery

 

[The Hammer]

I don't know much about it but I've heard of the Royal Black Knights,

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Edit, and a wiki

Royal Black Institution - Wikipedia

There is a Square and Compass there, are they an extension of the Mason's? Like the Shriners are?

 

[ChristineM]

There is a Square and Compass there, are they an extension of the Mason's? Like the Shriners are?

It mentions something about that in the wiki, I've not studied it but i have glanced through.

Here ya go,

Black Institution,[1] is a Protestant fraternal society though some scholars[who?] argue is an Ulster syncretism of ritualistic Freemasonry.

 

[The Hammer]

It mentions something about that in the wiki, I've not studied it but i have glanced through.

Here ya go,

Black Institution,[1] is a Protestant fraternal society though some scholars[who?] argue is an Ulster syncretism of ritualistic Freemasonry.

I guess it helps if I read, no? Lol. I was on my way out the door to the museum, so figured I'd just ask.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I don't know much about it but I've heard of the Royal Black Knights,

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Royal Black Institution - Wikipedia

Interesting.

I found out recently that my grandfather was in the Royal Black Institution back in Belfast, though he died before I was born, so I didn't know him personally.

 

[Eddi]

@9-10ths_Penguin

Just out of interest...

What party is this character a member of? What are his policies? And what did he say about Elizabeth II?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

@9-10ths_Penguin

Just out of interest...

What party is this character a member of? What are his policies? And what did he say about Elizabeth II?

We don't have parties in municipal politics here, but he used to work in the constituency office of our Conservative MPP.

His post is here: Log into Facebook | Facebook

Here's the text:

Today we honour our blessed Sovereign, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As the longest reigning Monarch of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth, she was a stalwart presence in an ever changing world: "I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim."
She modeled a sense of service and duty that has inspired many, including me. Christmas is my favourite time of year and I have always looked forward to the Queen's Christmas messages: "For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first."
As we remember her and mark her passing, we also acknowledge the accession of King Charles III, King of Canada. May His Majesty's reign be blessed by all the lessons he learned from his mother. God Save the King.