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| name = Order of the Star Kingdom (KSK) | | name = Order of the Star Kingdom (KSK) | ||
| auth = | | auth = Steering Committee,on behalf of the <br />Monarch & the [[High Admiral]] of the GSN<br /> on behalf of the Protector. | ||
| freq = Once. | | freq = Once. | ||
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Within {{trmn}}, appointment to the Order of the Star Kingdom is awarded to recognize extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement or merit in service to the Honorverse or TRMN at large. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘[[Sir]]’ or ‘[[Dame]]’ and the [[post-nominal]] letters of ‘KSK’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is hereditary (can be passed to the eldest offspring upon the death of the knight).<ref name="aman2014">[http://www.trmn.org/portal/index.php/documents/finish/4-general/92-rmn-5-002-awards-manual TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition]</ref> | Within {{trmn}}, appointment to the Order of the Star Kingdom is awarded to recognize extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement or merit in service to the Honorverse or TRMN at large. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘[[Sir]]’ or ‘[[Dame]]’ and the [[post-nominal]] letters of ‘KSK’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is hereditary (can be passed to the eldest offspring upon the death of the knight).<ref name="aman2014">[http://www.trmn.org/portal/index.php/documents/finish/4-general/92-rmn-5-002-awards-manual TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition]</ref> | ||
The Order of the Star Kingdom was first awarded 3 August 2013 at [[Shore Leave]] 35 in Hunt Valley, MD. At the end of the TRMN Annual General Meeting, an investiture ceremony was held in which [[David Weber]] and Martin Lessem were each in turn invested with a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the star of the order and then were dubbed with a sword. The sword used was of [[Grayson]] design and had been custom made for presentation to Weber. [[Lady]] Sharon Rice-Weber, then-Duchess of Leutzen Vale, stood in for the sovereign and dubbed David Weber. David Weber then dubbed Lessem. | The Order of the Star Kingdom was first awarded 3 August 2013 at [[Shore Leave]] 35 in Hunt Valley, MD. At the end of the TRMN Annual General Meeting, an investiture ceremony was held in which [[David Weber]] and Martin Lessem were each in turn invested with a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the star of the order and then were dubbed with a sword. The sword used was of [[Grayson]] design and had been custom made for presentation to Weber. [[Lady]] Sharon Rice-Weber, then-Duchess of Leutzen Vale, stood in for the sovereign and dubbed David Weber. David Weber then dubbed Lessem.<ref>A video of this inaugural investiture can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvouKhmAJi here].</ref> | ||
==Ribbon and Badge Design== | ==Ribbon and Badge Design== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvouKhmAJis Video of the first investiture into the Order of the Star Kingdom. Shore Leave 2013] | |||
{{awards}} | {{awards}} | ||
[[Category:Awards|Most Noble Order of the Star Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Glossary]] | |||