The cloak of the Order is plain black with a large, white, linen eight-pointed cross on the left breast. For most knights, the cloak is black woollen (to which French knights add distinctive white woollen collars) with a plain lining, but the "Herrenmeister"’s cloak is of black velvet lined in satin. The cloaks of most knights are closed only at the neck, but the "Herrenmeister", Commanders, Honorary Commanders, and Knights of Justice also wear a long black cord called a "cingulum".