Item # 118, BRITISH "COAT OF ARMS" CLOCK INSCRIBED "DIEU ET MON DROIT" "GOD AND MY RIGHT"

Dec 21, 2025
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Item # 118

BRITISH "COAT OF ARMS" CLOCK INSCRIBED "DIEU ET MON DROIT" "GOD AND MY RIGHT"

c. 1895, Brass Cast Crest Mounted on Velvet Covered Panel Surrounding a 5" Circular Clock Face & Later Brass Works Clock, Time Only, Panel Is 19" x 19 " Panel lg 19" x 19"

"HO SOIT D,åAL Y NSE" Appears to be Phonetic or Distorted Version of the Old French Expression "honi soit qui mal y pense" Which Means " Shame Be to Him Who Thinks of Evil " . Famously the Motto fo the British Chivalric Order of the Garter, Highest of British Knighthoods .