Order of the Silver Cat

Order of the Silver Cat Ordem do Gato de Prata
Awarded by the King of Ebenthal
Type	Dynastic order
Established	29 December 2019
Motto	Patientia superbia mentis operationem Patience and pride, intelligence and action
Awarded for	Exceptionally meritorious achievements and valuable personal characteristics
Status	Currently constituted
Grand Master	King Arthur II
TBD
Grades	Knight/Dame
Statistics
First induction	2019
Total inductees	27
Precedence
Next (higher)	None
Next (lower)	Order of the Blue Blood
Equivalent	Order of Pedro II
Ribbon of the Order of the Silver Cat

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King Arthur II of Ebenthal wearing the sash of the Order of the Silver Cat in painting commissioned to the monarch as a gift from Oscar I, Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia.

The Order of the Silver Cat (Portuguese: Ordem do Gato de Prata) is a national order of knighthood as well as one of the two the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Kingdom of Ebenthal, in equal status to the Order of Pedro II and followed by the Order of the Blue Blood. Its current Grand Master is King Arthur II.

The order was established in late 2019 by King Arthur II as a dynastic order attached to the national pantheon of orders and awards taking over the place of the Order of the Swiss Prince as the country's highest award. It is granted to nationals and foreigners in recognition to exceptionally meritorious achievements, wether they are micronational or macronational, public or personal, and valuable personal characteristics and/or deeds towards Ebenthal and its people, at the sovereign's will.

Its symbol, a dark silver cat, was inspired by the Ebenthali King's pet, a silver cat Khajiit. The sovereign's love for his pet was taken as an analogy by the order, thus symbolically representing its recipients's love of Ebenthal. The order's motto "Patientia superbia mentis operationem" (English: Patience and pride, intelligence and action) invokes qualities of usually associated to cats which are most valued in people by the King.

Origin

Illustration of the method of wearing the Order of the Silver Cat

Established in 29 December 2019, it was the first honor created by the then-newly enthroned Arthur II as King of Ebenthal. It was created a personal dynatsic order of the House of Bruyn and subsequently attached to the national pantheon of orders, this means, if the Clan Brum step away from the throne, the order follows them. The following day the King appointed the order's first three recipients, respectively the heads of Ebenthal's executive, legislative and judiciary powers at time, all of them regarded as national heroes. At first the order would have only one grade, that of knight, but later on 30 December 2019 King Arthur issued the three first inductee's certificates of membership as Grand Crosses and thus he decided the order would adopt a four-grades style.

The order's goal is to honor and recognize a person for her value, character or notorious merit, and therefore it is to be granted at the pleasure of its grand master and sovereign, the monarch. Its motto inspires personal characteristics such as patience, resilience, pride, intelligence and will to act, much valued by the King and noticed by him as common to cats, which then inspired on the order's name; "silver", though, comes from King Arthur II's pet, the silver-white and brown cat called Khajiit and was also hevaily inspired by the Order of the Golden Fleece, whereas silver is an analogy to golden. Upon its creation, the order took precendence to the Order of the Swiss Prince as the highest Ebenthali order.

In 20 August 2021, following a decree issued three days earlier, the order was reformed into a purely national order (instead of national and dynastic), for which it was created for it the office of a chancellor to be appointed by the government, and it became a sigle-grade order, sharing its position of highest award with the dynastic Order of Pedro II.

Precedence and privileges

Members of all rankings of this order are assigned positions in the order of precedence, ranking above all others members of equal rankings of whichever orders. Consorts, childs and childs-in-law also feature on the order of precedence; relatives of members, however, are not assigned any special precedence. Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their parents or consorts as long as the recipient lives.

All members ot the order are entitled to the prefixes of "Sir" and "Ma'am". When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, the ones of the order (GCGP for Grand Crosses; COGP for Commanders; OGP for Officials; CGP for knights) takes precedence. All recipients may encircle their arms with the circlet of the order.

Since 24 February 2020, all members of the order disposes from the same right entitled to parliamentary and ministries to require a formal audience with the monarch, a privilege sole to this order.

Grades

The King of Ebenthal is the Sovereign and Grand Master of the order. All deeds granting decorations of the Order must bear the signature of the Sovereign and Grand Master. Members of the order are granted a certificate and are eligible to require a personal coat of arms with the insignia of the Order. The Order has four degrees:

1. Grand Cross (GCGP) – Wears the badge on a collar (chain) or on a sash on the right shoulder, plus the medal on the left chest;
2. Commander (COGP) – Wears the badge on a necklet, plus the medal on the left chest;
3. Officer (OGP) – Wears the badge on a necklet;
4. Knight (OGP) – Wears the badge on a ribbon on the left chest;

Insignia and habit

• The collar of the Order is in silver, consists of baroque chain adorned by silverly fur and platine translucid spheres. The Silver Cat insignia hangs from a silver royal crown.
• The badge of the Order is a silver enamelled cat over a light brighten silver rhombus. The badge hangs from a royal crown.
• The star of the Order is a silver enamelled cat. The badge hangs from a royal crown.
• The ribbon of the Order is black with faded blue stripes near its borders.

Insignia
Grand Collar	Ribbon	Medal

Members of the Order

Membership in the Order is strictly limited and includes the Monarch, the Crown Prince, the closer relatives of the monarch and various supernumerary members, nationals and foreigners.

The monarch alone can grant membership and he or she is known as the Grand Master Sovereign of the Order and the Crown Prince is known as a Grand Companion Companion of the Order.

Grand Masters

Name	Grand Master and Sovereign as	Period
Arthur II	King of Ebenthal	29 December 2019 – present

Recipients

Nation	Name	Grade	Date appointed
Ebenthal	Raphael Sousa, Duke of Sion	Knight	30 December 2019
Ebenthal	Nícollas Reis, Duke of Launceston	Knight	30 December 2019
Ebenthal	Pedro Reis, 1st Count of Gesetzhausen	Knight	30 December 2019
Roschfallen	Fernando I of Roschfallen	Knight	6 January 2020
Karnia-Ruthenia	Oscar I, Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia	Knight	20 January 2020
New Eiffel	Zabëlle I, Prince of New Eiffel	Knight	10 February 2020
Brazil	Prince João Henrique of Orléans-Braganza	Knight	1 March 2020
Lateran State	César de Médici	Knight	29 April 2020
Kongo	Martin Shaw, Grand Duke of N'zinga	Knight	2 May 2020
Harram	Omar V, Sultan of Harran	Knight	5 May 2020
Mauritia	Lucas, Stadhouder of Mauritia	Knight	11 May 2020
Rubrayev	Jonathan Viana	Knight	30 May 2020
Ebenthal	Luísa Somme, 2nd Duchess of Montana	Dame	16 June 2020
Gymnasium State	Tomáš Falešník, former President of Gymnasium State	Knight	30 August 2020
Rino Island	Marco Antonio Rino, President of Rino Island	Knight	30 August 2020
Vishwamitra	Varuna Sriraya, Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra	Knight	25 September 2020
Achsen	Lucas Ribeiro	Knight	17 November 2020
Jusin	Mirdov M. Kron, former President of Jusin	Knight	31 January 2021
Sildavia	Maria I, Queen of Sildavia	Dame	3 May 2021
Dracul	Charles Ross	Knight	7 July 2021
Ebenthal	Henri Sãens	Knight	7 September 2021
Villa Alicia	Leonardo I, Emperor of Villa Alicia	Knight	7 September 2021
Luna	Rafael I, King of Luna	Knight	7 September 2021
Eminia	Louis Phillipe, King of the Eminians	Knight	7 September 2021
Vishwamitra	Tanishkaa Patranabish, Rajpramukh of Beltola	Dame	7 September 2021
GSMLL	Adrian Wojtasz, President of GSMLL	Knight	7 September 2021
Achsen	Bruno I, King of Achsen	Knight	17 November 2021
Mauritia	Lucas Morais	Knight	2 December 2021
Quinta Velha	Thomas I, King of Quinta Velha	Knight	2 December 2021
New Southern Rhine	Jonathan I, King of New Southern Rhine	Knight	2 December 2021
Harram	Hassan III, Sultan of Harram	Knight	2 December 2021
Saint-Castin	Marie-Philippe I, Queen of Saint-Castin	Dame	16 February 2021

See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of Ebenthal