United Kingdom. An Order of the Garter, Lesser George in Gold, c.1900 Auction Marine Corps Enlisted Man's Cap

Marine Corps Enlisted Man's Cap Badge (in bronze gilt

overlaid by a pair of skis highlighted in yellow

the obverse bearing dual machine-embroidered silver-grey chevrons

by assembling the 8

United Kingdom. An Order of the Garter, Lesser George in Gold, c.1900 Auction Marine Corps Enlisted Man's CapInstituted in 1348. A rare and very lovely Lesser George Decoration, presenting a round, richly decorative badge in 22K Gold (tested), the obverse featuring a raised St. George atop a white horse, stabbing a green enamelled dragon, surrounded by a blue garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, the reverse featuring the same St. George on horseback set in gilt and superimposed on a blue enamelled field, with the same encircling blue garter inscribed