AUTHENTIC MILITARY CITATION HAND SIGNED BY HRH KING GEORGE & PRINCE EDWARD.

A Great Rare opportunity to obtain His Majesty the king, king George VI example of a Full-Size CBE Medal set Type 2 named to, Miss E. M. JEBB the grouping consists of a full-size CBE Medal Type 2, made in Silver/Guilloche made by famous Garrard of Mayfair London, who are the Royal Jewellers and restorers of the Crown Jewells that are Held within the Tower of London. The box has gold lettering CBE to front, the CBE comes with original ladies’ bow and neck tie red water fleck ribbons with white strips to the outer edging, fasteners still present and correct. To the top front of the medal the Royal Crown, still prominent, the guilloche enamel is in perfect condition with the inner circle in red finished enamel with block lettering in gold “For God and the Empire”. To the centre conjoined busts finished in gold gilt. To the reverse of the medal has the Royal cipher with crown above and roped bordering. The medal is hinged attached to the crown which is in perfect working order and correct. The medal has never been cleaned. The case is in very good condition to outside Lettering in Gold block C.B.E. to inside cream velvet Base and silk padded roof with full Gerrards inscription to the King, This CBE was issued in 1950 to Miss E. M. JEBB would make a great research project Along with the CBE comes a miniature CBE and a newspaper clipping about her, Hard to find Rare named complete grouping to find in its entirety. Full Size medal and miniature medal, large medal from Top of Crown with ring to bottom: 85mm high x 64mm wide. Condition: The medal is in superb condition for being more than half a century old, Box in very nice condition some very light cuff marks here and there, all other items in very good condition.
Garrard of London are the makers of the Crown Jewells which are housed in the Tower of London, also Garrard are credited for such pieces as the Queen Mary Crown used for the Coronation, the Imperial Crown of India worn by King George V and the famous Koh-I-Noor diamond which was made for the Queen Mother. Robert Garrard II Silverware is avidly more collected as they received the Royal Warrant under his production which makes them more desirable than the earlier Garrard’s silver, to this date Garrard’s still produce silver for the British Royal Family.