Great Britain – The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion (C.B.), Military

Description

The Order was instituted by King George I on 18 May 1725 and restructured in 1815 when the numbers of members increased and again in 1847 when a civil division was added. Membership is limited to citizens of the United Kingdom and of other Commonwealth countries of which the monarch is sovereign, though honorary awards may be made to prominent foreigners. 

Magnificent silver-gilt and white enamel Maltese cross with ball-tipped finials, with a silver-gilt lion between each of the arms and with leaf-decorated fan and eyelet between the upper arms for the ribbon suspension The face with a circular central white enamel medallion imposed bearing a gilt scepter from which issue a rose (for England), a thistle (for Scotland) and a shamrock (for Ireland), red-enamel-lined gilt crowns above and to left and right below, within a red enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters “TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO” (three joined in one) within a green enamel and silver-gilt laurel wreath with amber and orange berries, a blue enamel ribbon below inscribed in gilt letters ‘ICH DIEN’ (Old German = I serve), a gilt outline to each arm panel, the reverse identical. correct full neck ribbon with hook and eye fastenings.

In original fitted embossed leatherette case of issue by Gerrard & Co. Ltd, London, jewelers by appointment to the crown.