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<div>In the [[SCA]] a '''society level award''' is an award which is recognised throughout the [[known world]]. The three armigerous awards are all society level. These are the [[Award of Arms]] (AoA), [[Grant of Arms]] (GoA) and the [[Patent of Arms]] ([[Peerage]]).<br />
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The Patent of Arms is awarded with induction into:<br />
*the [[Order of Chivalry]] <br />
*the [[Order of the Laurel]] <br />
*the [[Order of the Pelican]] <br />
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In most [[Kingdom]]s, but not all, [[Royal Peer]]s also receive Patents.<br />
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The term "Society Level Award" is a bit awkward, since it is inaccurate in two ways. <br />
#They are, despite their names, technically [[Order]]s, since one can only receive them once, as opposed to [[award]]s which can be received multiple times. In fact, most SCA "awards" are actually memberships in orders.<br />
#They are not awarded by the Society, they are simply recognized by the entire Society. They are awarded by [[King]]s and/or [[Queen]]s of individual Kingdoms. (AoA's may also be awarded by [[Landed]] [[Prince|Princes/Princessess]].)<br />
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Many Kingdoms will tie a [[Kingdom level award]] to a Society award. This can be done with either AoAs or GoAs, Patents being reserved to the Peerages alone. Plain AoAs are fairly standard SCA wide, but how and when GoAs are awarded varies a lot from place to place (see [[InterKingdom Anthropology]]). In some places a plain "Grant of Arms" is seldom awarded, it is usually granted as part of a Kingdom award that is given for a more specific achievement; in some Kingdoms, GoAs are almost never awarded at all; and in some places naked GoAs are not unusual at all, often being given to folks like ex-Kingdom [[officer]]s.<br />
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It is worth noting that not all Kingdoms have [[Kingdom Level Award]]s that carry GoAs, although I believe that all the Kingdoms have AoA level awards.<br />
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The [[William Blackfox Award]] is also a society-level award that recognizes outstanding newsletters and group chroniclers. It is awarded in several categories each year to entrants from a pool provided to the Society Chronicler by Kingdom Chroniclers.<br />
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