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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 407

Badge of the Certificate of Honour, for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, G.VI.R., large circular silver-gilt neck badge, 42mm, good very fine and rare

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a protectorate of Great Britain from 1892-12 January 1916, and then a colony until 1 January 1976, and was administered as part of the British Western Pacific Territories. It then became independent as two separate states - the Ellice Islands became Tuvalu and the Gilbert Islands (with Banaba - Ocean Island) became Kiribati.


The design upon the reverse of the Medal depicts a gold frigate bird above the tropical sun (as the Islands lie astride the Equator) and the Pacific Ocean which surround the Islands. This is drawn from the badge designed by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1931 for the flag of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony, this being granted in 1937.

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Estimate
£1,000 to £1,400

Starting price
£800