GBE

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GBE is the highest grade of the Order of the British Empire, typically awarded for exceptionally distinguished service to the arts, sciences, public services, or charitable work.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf grade of chivalric order
honour
post‑nominal letters
advisedBy UK government
awardedFor charitable work
exceptionally distinguished service
public service
service to the arts
service to the sciences
awardingAuthority monarch of the United Kingdom
confersStyle Dame (for women) when accompanied by a qualifying damehood
Sir (for men) when accompanied by a qualifying knighthood
country United Kingdom
establishedBy King George V
establishedOn 1917
fullForm Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
genderedTitleFemale Dame Grand Cross
genderedTitleMale Knight Grand Cross
gradeRank highest grade of the Order of the British Empire
hasGrandMaster senior royal family member (historically)
hasInsignia badge
sash
star
hasPrecedenceIn British honours system
hasSovereign reigning British monarch
higherThan CBE
DBE
KBE
MBE
OBE
insigniaShape Maltese cross badge with central medallion
jurisdiction Commonwealth realms where the British honours system applies
orderDivision Civil Division
Military Division
orderFoundedOn 4 June 1917
orderMotto For God and the Empire
orderType order of chivalry
partOf Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
postNominal GBE
relatedOrder Order of the British Empire
ribbonColour rose‑pink with pearl‑grey edges
typicalRecipients leading figures in arts and sciences
prominent philanthropists
senior public servants
wearingOccasion formal state occasions

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