NAM.2002-02-784-1

Order of the British Empire, Member, 1st type, Military. From medal group awarded to Lieutenant (later Major) Henry Stewart Hardy, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Bns, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). This medal is suspended from a red ribbon with a central red stripe and a white stripe on either edge, connected via a ring suspender attached to a crown. The obverse depicts a cross pattonce with floriated ends. In the centre the figure of Britannia sat down and holding a union flag with a sun in the background. Inscribed in a circle around Britannia are the words 'FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE'. The reverse has a similar design with the royal cypher of King George V. On the lower arm of the cross is the hallmark of Gerrard &Co, suggesting this OBE is dated between 1919-1935. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.