Badge and star: Order of the Golden Grain, 1st class

Chinese order awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Earl David Beatty, GCB in 1920. Eight-pointed gold star on which is superimposed a cross patonce of twelve points in gold, enamelled red with yellow borders. In the centre on a white enamel field, five green and gold ears of wheat set in a circular pattern around a central ruby and encircled by a yellow band in which are set seventeen small rubies. Three pin fastening on reverse.

According to Chinese sources, the ‘Order of Golden Grain’ was established in 1916 by the Nationalist Government in Beijing.

Object Details

ID: MED2231.2
Type: Star
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1920
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Earl Beatty Collection. Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1983.
Measurements: badge: 80 mm; star: 105 mm
Parts: Badge and star: Order of the Golden Grain, 1st class (Order)