A Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) presentation jewel of the Knight Order of Merit (K.O.M.) rank. The medal is constructed from silver gilt and enamel, featuring a central medallion with a raised bull’s head within a blue enamel border inscribed with the Latin motto NEMO MORTALIUM OMNIBUS HORIS SAPIT. This is mounted on an ornate foliated shield with a green enamel scroll at the neck reading RAOB. The medal is suspended from a wide ribbon of vertical red and green stripes, which is held by a silver gilt brooch bar inscribed IVY LODGE NO. 7268. The reverse of the medal bears a full set of British hallmarks including the maker’s mark L. SIMPSON LONDON LTD in a rectangle, a lion passant, a leopard’s head for the London assay office, and the date letter q for 1951. It is further engraved with the presentation inscription: Presented to Bro. H. Gregory, K.O.M. by the Ivy Lodge No. 7268 15th Feb. 1952.
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