https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath "The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as ’Knights of the Bath’. George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order".He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath,since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently Queen Elizabeth II), the Great Master (currently Charles, Prince of Wales)"
THE MILITARY connections are insane.
"The hat, worn only by Knights and Dames Grand Cross and Knights and Dames Commander, is made of black velvet; it includes an upright plume of feathers...The star for military Knights and Dames Grand Cross consists of a Maltese Cross on top of an eight-pointed silver star" who mesopotamian had eightpoint star?
"Usage: Rub el Hizb – Islamic character Star of Ishtar - symbol of the ancient Sumerian goddess Inanna and her East Semitic counterpart Ishtar and Roman Venus. Star of Lakshmi – Indian character Surya Majapahit – usage during Majapahit times in Indonesia to represent the Hindu gods of the directions Compass rose – usage in compasses to represent the cardinal directions for the eight principal winds Auseklis – usage of regular octagram by Latvians
