WW2 Period Officer Of The Order Of St John Ambulance Medal

For sale is a WW2 Period Officer Of The Order Of St John Ambulance Medal.

  The original Order of St. John of Jerusalem was established after the First Crusade to maintain a hospital in Jerusalem to care for the sick and wounded crusaders. A Grand Priory of the Order was established in London in 1831 and was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1888, since then, the Monarch has been the Sovereign Head and Patron of the Order.   The Order was further granted the epithet ‘Venerable’ in 1926 and ‘Most’ in 1955 and operates today throughout the British Commonwealth with the world-wide mission, operating in more than 40 countries ‘…to prevent and relieve sickness and injury, and to act to enhance the health and well-being of people anywhere in the world’.   The Order has six classes: 1). Grand Prior, 2). Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross, 3). Knight or Dame of Justice or of Grace, 4). Chaplain or Commander, 5). Officer, 6). Serving Member (Formerly known as Serving Brother or Sister) and Esquire.   Members who enter the Order are usually admitted at the lowest grade and are later promoted through the grades after some standard period of time.   Members are generally those who have performed or are prepared to perform good services for the Order, mainly through its two foundations, the St. John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade.   Each class of the Order has a different style of insignia either worn from the neck, shoulder or on the breast, but all have the common theme of a true Maltese Cross either with or without embellishments in each of its principal angles - in the case of the United Kingdom these are lions and unicorns, a lion being in the top left and bottom right angles although other countries use different embellishments.   These will be sent via royal mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.