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Grand Officer: Cross is worn suspended from the neck with a breast star; Commander: Cross is worn suspended from the neck; Officer: Cross is worn suspended from a ribbon with rosette worn on the chest; Knight: Cross is worn suspended from a ribbon worn on the chest. The order also has three medals that may be awarded in the civil or military ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Grand Cross is the highest class in many orders, and manifested in its insignia. [1]
Member of the Council of the British Red Cross Society and of the Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; Member of the V.A.D. Advisory Committee and of the V.A.D. Selection Board. "For services in connection with the War". [5] Sir Charles Blair Gordon: 3 June 1918
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is conferred with the Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Sonderstufe des Großkreuzes) upon entering office as the ex-officio Grand Master of the order. 12 September 1949: Theodor Heuss, President (1949–1959)
"Knight Grand Cross First Class" – The cross is in shape similar to the Knight's cross, but as large as the Grand Cross badge and is worn on a necklet, and the star is in the shape of an upraised silver sword. It was awarded to division commanders of at least the rank of a major general for achieving a major victory in battle.
This is an incomplete list of those who were made knights and dames grand cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815. Knights/Dames Grand Cross use the post-nominal GCB.
The order was originally awarded in three classes: Grand Cross, Commander's Cross, and Knight's Cross. In 1869, the class of Commander with Star was added, which ranked immediately below the Grand Cross. The Officer's Cross, which ranked between Commander and Knight, was introduced on 1 February 1901.