Depictions of the heraldic badges CAN be used for award regalia, but please know that the regalia artwork can be different from the badge artwork. For example, the traditional regalia for the Order of the Bough is a small cypress disk with a gold uncial letter M painted on it. However, the badge (as shown below on this page) is much different.

 

Pictures of badges and links to instructions
for making regalia

You can use these links to jump to one of the tables below. For some of the pictures below, a larger version of the picture is available. When the text is a link, it goes to a PDF file with instructions for making the regalia.

 

 

SCA Awards and Orders : Royal Appointments : Orders of High Merit

Children : Arts of Peace : Arts of War : Other Service and Recognition

 

SCA Awards and Orders

There are no heraldic badges for these.
Text regarding the regalia (except for the Order of the Rose) is from Meridies Kingdom Law, issued 14 April 2007.

 

Award of Arms	Members of the Populace with Awards of Arms may wear a totally unornamented circlet of any metal with no protrusions above or below the band, the overall height of which shall not exceed ¼ inch.
Grant of Arms	Members of the Populace with Grants of Arms may wear a totally unornamented circlet of any metal with no protrusions above or below the band, the overall height of which shall not exceed ½ inch.
Patent of Arms	Bestowed Peers (Chivalry, Laurels, and Pelicans) may wear a circlet of precious metal with no protrusions above or below the band, with simple ornamentation, the overall height not to exceed 1 inch. (See the back pages of Kingdom Law for order-specific information on regalia.)
Territorial or Court Barony	Territorial or Court Barons and Baronesses may wear coronets of precious metal with 6 spheroids or precious stones, with simple ornamentation, the overall height not to exceed 2 inches.
The Order of the Rose	Click image to see larger picture. There is nothing in Kingdom Law regarding regalia or badges for this Order. However, use of a wreath of roses in SCA heraldry is reserved to Queens and members of this Order. Use of a chaplet of roses in SCA heraldry is reserved to Princesses. A chaplet has four flowers. A wreath can have more than four - such as the eight shown here.

 

Royal Appointments

For these orders, the Sovereign and/or Consort traditionally elect a person to serve Them in that capacity during Their reign - often by that person winning a competition.

 

Click image to see larger picture. The Companionate of the Bard	The Companionate of the Poet Laureate	The Companionate of the Meridian King's Champion	The Companionate of the King's Lancer
The Companionate of the Meridian Queen's Champion (one version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Companionate of the Meridian Queen's Champion (another version)	The Companionate of the Meridian Queen's Rapier Champion	The Companionate of the Queen's Yeoman

 

Orders of High Merit

All of these (except the Scarlet Star) are called consulting orders or polling orders. Per Kingdom Law, the polling orders are given the right to make recommendations to the Crown as a group regarding the election of their members.

 

The Order of the Bough, Meridies (one version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Bough, Meridies (another version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Legio Ursi (Legion of the Bear)	The Order of the Meridian Blade
Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Split Arrow	The Order of the Scarlet Star	The Order of the Sable Sword	The Order of the Velvet Owl

 

Children

Election to these orders is recognition of service by or for the children of the kingdom.

 

Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Cygnet

Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Cygnet's Nest

Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Rising Swan

 

Arts of Peace

Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Argent Slipper (European badge)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Argent Slipper (Middle Eastern badge)	The Order of the Athanor (one version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Athanor (another version)
The Order of the Meridian Cross	The Order of the Sable Quill

 

Arts of War

Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Argent Lance (one version)	The Order of the Argent Lance (another version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Argent Shield (one version)	The Order of the Argent Shield (another version)
The Order of the Argent Rapier	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Meridian Broken Bow	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Duvant Cross	The Order of the Weapons Master

 

Other Service and Recognition

The Order of the Argent Comet (one version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Argent Comet (another version)	The Order of the Argent Lily	Click image to see larger picture. Augmentation of Arms
The Order of the Broken Brank (one version)	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Broken Brank (another version)	The Order of the Burning Trumpet	The Order of the Chalice
The Order of the Compostella	The Award of the Crown's Favor	Click image to see larger picture. The Order of the Guiding Hand, Meridies (one version)	The Order of the Guiding Hand, Meridies (another version)
The Order of Meridian Majesty	The Order of the Sovereign's Pleasure

 

A Note from the Web Deputy

Many thanks to former Bagatelle Ailionora inghean Chormaic for her excellent work on the previous version of this page on her own web site along with providing many of the badge graphics and all of the instructions for making the regalia.

 

Links to more information
on SCA awards and regalia

 

Kingdom Arms/Badges and More

Master Hirsch von Henford (West) maintains this site that features:

• Kingdom and Principality Arms, Colors, Populace Use Badge, Arms of the Royalty
• Badges for Kingdom Awards (for ALL of the kingdoms)
• Badges for Officers
• Photographs of Crowns and Coronets of the Known World (current and historical)

SCA Kingdom and Principality Orders, Awards, and Honors

Mistress Jessa d'Avondale (East) maintains this collection of web pages.