intricate finezink silver finish tips with repeating oak leaf pattern at their bases
fine hand etched body lettering with blue enamelling tightly surrounding the lettering which is typical of early 19th Century manufacturing
presenting postage stamps
It is diamond shaped
reverse centre Gold a sword interlaced with a laurel crown and a white sash with the inscription BELL(ICAE) VIRTUTIS PRAEM(IUM) ("reward of wartime valour")
United Kingdom. An Order Of St. John Lapel Badge, By H.t. Lamb & Company Auction Archive intricate finezink silver finish tipsInstituted in 1888. In silver with red and white enamels, maker marked "H. T. L & Co." (H. T. Lamb & Company), date marked "E" (1940), hallmarked with the British lion and marked with a leopard's head (made in London) on the reverse, illustrating the Order of St. John insignia within a wreath of laurel leaves and surmounted by a King's crown, measuring 33. 7 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, intact enamels, light contact, near extremely fine.