The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross, Mantle and Star, the Mantle, by Wilkinson, London, in dark blue satin edged with red satin, and lined with white silk, with maker’s stamp on inside, complete with Hood in red satin edged with dark blue satin and lined with white silk, attached stock label reading ‘Prince Louis de Ligne’, with white silk ribbons; and attractive Mantle Star, 225mm, silver bullion star with white velvet and gold bullion thread badge of the order, plain paper backing, the Star a little bruised at the tips, otherwise in excellent condition £800-1200

His Excellency Louis Eugene, Prince de Ligne, Special Ambassador from King Albert of the Belgians, was appointed an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 25 January 1910. The Mantle of the Royal Victorian Order was instituted in 1911, prior to the Coronation. Wilkinson, Robemakers and Tailors, of Maddox Street, London, manufactured the original Mantles of the Royal Victorian Order for the 1911 Coronation, and are not recorded to have produced any since.