Badge: Order of the Falcon of Iceland, 2nd class
Awarded to Adm-Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. Obverse: A silver-gilt Latin cross, enamelled white, bearing, at the intersection of the limbs, a blue enamelled silver gilt oval charged with a silver falcon with its wings outstretched. The cross is surmounted by a strawberry leaf and knot in gold, and these in their turn are surmounted by the Royal Crown. Reverse: The oval centre bears the inscription "FYRSTI DESEMBER 1918" and is charged with a white enamelled oval bearing the royal cypher (of Christian X) surmounted by the crown, all in silver. Worn at the neck by a blue ribbon with a white stripe near each edge, each white stripe has a thin red stripe running down its centre.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2642.2 |
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Type: | Badge |
Display location: | Not on display |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | badge: 75 x 42 mm |
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Badge and star: Order of the Falcon of Iceland, 2nd class (Order)
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