The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil an
CBE neck decoration (in civil division)
MBE (civil division) as awarded in 1918
Examples of insignia of the order (1937 pattern). Top to bottom: KBE or CBE (military) badge and riband, GBE star, KBE/DBE star, MBE (civil) and OBE (military) badges and ribands.
A silver oak-leaf emblem denoted an award made "for gallantry" between 1958 and 1974.