Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
I have always operated under the assumption that the belt was a different animal entirely from the garter used by the Order of the Garter, and since there was no color specified for the belt, it could be any color that the artists wishes.

~M
It is a very different animal, however the clansmens badge was designed using the Order of The Garter as a template. In some of the older designs of the clansmens badge the end of the belt does not loop over the circlet, but through just as the Order. Fox-Davies had some issue with this when he wrote "A Complete Guide to Heraldy".

Frank