The Order of St George, Hungarian: Szent György Vitézei Lovagrend, was the first secular chivalric order in the world established by King Charles I of Hungary in 1326.
The Statutes of the Order afixed with the Great Seal bearing an image of St George slaying the dragon.
Saint George and the Dragon
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Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from
Order of Saint George (Kingdom of Hungary)
…in the form of letters patent. Suspended from the document was the great seal of the Society bearing an image of the classic iconic representation of St George mounted on a horse slaying the dragon under the horse's hooves (as shown on the right). The document is currently housed in the Országos Levéltár (National Archives of Hungary), DL. 40 483…
Saint George Killing the Dragon, woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (1501/4)
Thracian horseman with serpent-entwined tree (2nd century)
Funerary relief of a Roman cavalryman trampling a barbarian warrior (4th or 5th century). Grosvenor Museum, Chester
Fenestrella interpreted by the Louvre as Horus on horseback spearing Set in the shape of a crocodile (4th century)