GREAT BRITAIN, THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE |

sash badge by John James Edington, 1826-27, of excellent workmanship, with finely-enamelled portraits of the two Saints both on unusual translucent backgrounds with guilloché plates visible behind, enamelwork lightly retouched in a couple of places, extremely fine; offered with a later 19th Century sash

Made for H.R.H. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge as the new Grand Master’s Badge; see also lot 19.