Star: Legion of Merit, 1st class
Awarded to Adm-Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. Star: A five-rayed cross with double points, each point tipped with a gold ball. The arms of the cross are enamelled white with red edges. In the centre is a circular plaque enamelled blue with thirteen white stars. The cross rests upon a wreath enamelled green, each of the intervening spaces between the arms being filled with small crossed arrows in gold. The star is worn on the left breast. No sash. In undress uniform Chief Commanders wear the small sized ribbon bar with, in the centre a miniature representation of the cross in gold on a small horizontal gold bar.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2645 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | Order |
Display location: | Not on display |
People: | Cunningham, Andrew Browne |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | star: 76 mm |