United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Knights Grand Cross (Gbe) Case GTRexclude 21 mm x 45

21 mm x 45

5 mm (h) ribbon bar)

three sides trimmed in dark yellow piping

with remnants of the uniform on the reverse

he saw service on the Destroyer H

United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Knights Grand Cross (Gbe) Case GTRexclude 21 mm x 45Instituted in 1917. Hardshelled design on both the lid and base, wooden framed, the exterior with a black dimpled cloth covering on five sides, the bottom with a black pebbled cloth covering, the lid inscribed "G. B. E." in gold coloured ink, inside lid lined in white satin, padded, marked with the King's crown above the maker mark "GARRARD & Co. Ltd. Goldsmiths, Jewellers, &c. TO THE KING By special appointment TO THE CROWN. 24, ALBEMARLE ST., W."