Order of the British Empire Award
Awards Type : InterNational Award
Organized Country : United Kingdom
First Award : 1917
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (often shortened informally to "Order of the British Empire") is the most junior and most populous order of chivalry in the British and other Commonwealth honors systems. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, and comprises five classes, in civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male, or dame if female.There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the Order.
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A national order of chivalry.
