Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge
Object Number:
INV.3296
Date:
1917-1970
Medium:
Badge: metal, enamel case: paper, cardboard, textile
Dimensions:
Overall (badge): 7 1/4 × 4 13/16 in. (18.4 × 12.2 cm)
Container (case): 4 1/2 × 6 × 1 in. (11.4 × 15.2 × 2.5 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on obverse of badge: "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE"
applied: on reverse of badge "GR"
stamped: on exterior of case "C.B.E."
stamped: in interior of case "GARRARD & CO., LTD./GOLDSMITHS AND CROWN JEWELLERS BY APPOINTMENT TO H.M. THE KIING/24,ABLEMAR
Description:
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander badge consists of a pale blue enamel cross surmounted by a crown. A gold central medallion bordered in red bears portraits of King George V and Queen Mary. Its reverse shows the royal monogram surmounted by a crown.
Gallery Label:
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire was established by King George V in 1917, the first year of his reign, for service to the British Empire. The Order has five classes and a medal. The Commander (CBE) is one of the five orders.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
