Serving Sister & St. Johns Long Service Pair - A.E. Hughes

Awarded to: N/MEN. A.E. HUGHES - Worcester S.J.A.B. 1953

Appointments of Serving Brothers and Sisters are made about four times a year, with four investitures held annually, when recipients are presented with their insignia.

Serving Sister Award

Serving Sister Breast Badge - 5th Type (1974-1984) - a badge of the same design, a circular badge with white enamel cross and silver animals, but with the cross and animals flush with their background.

Ribbon - original plain black watered silk ribbon.

Long Service Award

The obverse of the medal features a veiled effigy of Queen Victoria facing right in a circular field bordered by a beaded edge. Between the beaded edge and the edge of the medal itself appears the legend VICTORIA + D + BRITT + REG + F + D + IND + IMP.

The reverse, the Royal Arms within the Garter bearing the legend HONI - SOIT - QUI - MAL - Y - PENSE. Above this is the Imperial Crown and below it, the Prince of Wales feathers. On either side is the badge of the Order, each bearing a shield, the one on the left charged with the arms of the Order and that on the right, the arms of the Prince of Wales. The whole rests upon a sprig of St. John Wort. The central motif is surrounded by a border bearing the words MAGNUS - PRIORATUS - HOSPITALIS - SANCTI - JOHANNIS - JERUSALEM - IN - ANGLIA.

A claw at the top of the medal is attached to a straight, slotted bar.

The ribbon is 38mm wide and consists of 5 equal stripes of black, white, black, white and black.

Both awards Pin Mounted for Dress Wear