A very fine example of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion, C.M.G., breast badge in gold and enamels, complete with its gold swivel ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, and housed in its fitted R & S Garrard & Co ‘to the Crown’, fitted presentation case. Circa 1870-1897 period issue.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion, C.M.G., breast badge in gold and enamels, complete with its gold swivel ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle, and housed in its fitted R & S Garrard & Co, fitted presentation case. Circa 1870-1897 period issue.
Condition: one very minor flake to white enamel of one arm, otherwise Extremely Fine, the case a little scuffed.
Founded by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and awarded originally to citizens of Malta and the Ionian Islands in the Adriatic Sea, both of which had been ceded to Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. The Ionian Islands were transferred to Greece in 1859. Towards the end of the 19th Century however, the Order was awarded to those who had performed distinguished service in the colonies and protectorates of the British Empire and in more recent times it has been widely used as an award to ambassadors and senior diplomats as well as colonial governors. Ladies are now eligible for this Order. In recent operations a number of awards have been made to military officers, presumably for diplomatic work.
