United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Civil Division, Knights Commander (Kbe) Auction The pommel completes with a

The pommel completes with a finely-detailed cogwheel design with a hook matching the quillion

the interior with a padded white rayon lid liner and a slotted black velvet medal bed

surrounded by a black and white embroidered border

and is typically more raised and demarcated)

constructed in silvery flat metal threads

United Kingdom. A Most Excellent Order Of The British Empire, Civil Division, Knights Commander (Kbe) Auction The pommel completes with aInstituted in 1917. Civil Division. Type II (1935 Present). The neck decoration, in silver gilt, with light blue and red enamels, the obverse medallion presenting the inscription FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE, with surmounting crown, the reverse bears the crowned monogram GRI, measures 63. 8mm (w) x 85. 2mm (h inclusive of integral crown), weighs 56. 5 grams (inclusive of ribbon), enamels intact, a lovely decoration in extremely fine condition. The star of