Star, Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Grand Cross, General Sir Cecil Macready, 1918
Order of St Michael and St George, star, order of chivalry
Accession Number
NAM.1994-04-518-3
Description
Order of St Michael and St George, 1918. Knight Grand Cross, star (GCMG). Badge in the form of a silver ‘Maltese asterisk’, a seven-armed variant of the Maltese Cross, with gold rays between each arm and a red St George’s Cross. In the centre is an enamelled image of St Michael with his foot on the neck of Satan tethered by a chain, with a gold and blue surround with the Order of St Michael and St George’s Latin motto, ‘Auspicium Melioris Aevi’ (Token of a Better Age). From a group of orders and medals awarded to Gen Sir Cecil Macready, late Gordon Highlanders, Adjutant General to the British Forces and General Officer Commanding in Chief, Ireland, 1920-1922.