Badge of the Certificate of Honour for The Gambia, GVIR, large oval bronze neck badge, 68mm x 50mm. Rare.
Condition: Very Fine
The badge accompanied a Certificate of Honour awarded to African Chief’s and other persons of non-European descent who had rendered loyal and valuable service to the government of the territory. The original award was a neck badge suspended by a ribbon, but from 1954 onwards recipients were given the option of taking the award as a neck or breast badge. There awards were quite distinct from the decorations known as the Native Chiefs Medals. They were first awarded to Ugandans but later extended to 14 other British territories in East and West Africa as well as the three High Commission territories in Southern Africa
