Badge: Order of the Bath, 3rd class

Badge: Obverse and reverse. Gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, each point tipped with a small gold ball, and in each angle between the arms of the cross a gold lion. In the centre of the cross is a device, consisting of a rose, thistle and shamrock issuing from a sceptre, and three Imperial crowns, surrounded by a red enamel scroll inscribed in gold. Motto: 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO'. Scroll: 'ICH DEIN'. Suspended by a loop and ring from a crimson neck ribbon fastened with a hook. Not hallmarked. Awarded to Vice-Adm Sir Alfred Evans.

Alfred Englefield Evans (1884-1944) was a successful cricketer and Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy. He fought during the first world war and at the Battle of Jutland. He was appointed a Companion of the Bath in the 1937 Coronation Honours and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1943.

Object Details

ID: MED1152
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Garrard & Co. Ltd
Date made: 1725
People: Evans, Alfred Englefield
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 51 mm x 47 mm