A George VI King's Messenger's Badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, the oval badge with convex

A George VI King's Messenger's Badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, the oval badge with convex centre bearing the crowned royal cypher in relief, bordered by a garter with the motto of the Order of the Garter in silver to a blue enamel ground, reverse engraved '48', below the badge a pendant silver greyhound running left, suspended from its original garter blue riband and in its original fitted case by Garrard & Co., small areas of enamel damage to right of suspension and on buckle of garter, some wear to gilding, good very fine or better.

The Bamber Collection

This badge was used by Major H.S. Lyons, M.B.E, who served as a Queen's Message to the late Queen Elizabeth II between 1962 and 1973. Because the overall design established under George V remained in use unchanged but for the central cypher, it was normal for badges to continue in use between one reign and the next.