United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Member (Mbe) Breast Badge, 1945 Newly Listed DUX HASSIAE INSTIT in Gold

DUX HASSIAE INSTIT in Gold

touches of black threading in the crown

This cross was previously offered as part of the Schoepffer family group and is now being offered individually

in gilded metal

measuring 33 mm (w) x 9

United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Member (Mbe) Breast Badge, 1945 Newly Listed DUX HASSIAE INSTIT in GoldInstituted 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,