United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Member (Mbe) Breast Badge, 1945 Newly Listed measuring 33 mm (w) x

measuring 33 mm (w) x 9

in gilded metal

In silver gilt with blue and white enamels

with a silvered metal (magnetic) rank pip on each shoulder board

DUX HASSIAE INSTIT in Gold

United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Member (Mbe) Breast Badge, 1945 Newly Listed measuring 33 mm (w) xInstituted in 1917. Britannia First Type. In silver, maker marked "SG" (Sebastian Garrard), hallmarked with the British lion, marked with a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked "d" (1919) on the reverse, date engraved "1945" on the reverse of the crown, measuring 48 mm (w) x 62. 2 mm (h), original ribbon with pinback, contact marks, pitted, very fine. Footnote: The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry,