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Membership in the Order of the British Empire is one of Britain's highest honours, allowing the inductee to add MBE after his name; though this may cause envy among friends and colleagues, it may not change his status in the household, or impress the wife all that much...
The honouree gets a certificate left, announcing his membership, as well as a badge below. This MBE document is very rare in that it was personally signed by two sovereigns, which happened only for recipients honoured from 1936-1953. |
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Membership Certificate, Order of the British Empire, Capt. Walter Hughes, MBE
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Orig. document - Image Size - 31 x 38 cm
Found - Stratford, ON Autographed by King George VI and Queen Mary |
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  Walter Hughes - 1890-1975"When you have been saved, regenerated, born again, then join a church-alive church. Join where the preacher loves the Word of God and the souls of men. Keep out of these ecclesiastical deep freezers. A deep freeze is all right for a dead chicken or a chunk of cheese or a leg of lamb, but it is no place for a live baby. A baby must be fed and nourished and given a chance to exercise, vocalize and grow. It couldn't do that in a refrigerator." Dr. Walter Hughes MBE, was a Bible teacher from Ilderton, Ontario, Canada. He was an evangelist, in an era when that was an elite badge for men of conviction and principle, before charlatans on television debased the coinage. Walter Hughes was a graduate of Woodstock Baptist College and McMaster University, in Hamilton, Ontario. He was pastor of the Forward Baptist Church in Toronto for 13 years. He was also a gold and silver medalist in public speaking, and wrote two religious books.
He was made a member of "The Order of the British Empire," and was decorated "for gallant and outstanding service in
For God and the Empire: Unlike the rubber stamped notices that next-of-kin got, announcing regrets for the loss of a loved one, on the battlefields of Europe, the MBE document was personally signed, for Walter Hughes, by the hands of two sovereigns, the reigning George VI (reigned 1936-1952) as well as the Grand Master of the Order, his mother, Queen Mary (reigned 1911-1935). The Sovereign of the Order is the Reigning Monarch. The next highest dignitary is the Grand Master of whom there have been only three: Edward, Prince of Wales, (1917-1936), his mother Queen Mary following his abdication (1936-1953), and since her death, the Duke of Edinburgh. There are five classifications of the Order of the British Empire: Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GBE), Knight or Dame Commander (KBE or DBE), Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), or Member (MBE). Walter Hughes was inducted as a Member of the Military Division, denoted by the central pearl grey stripe in the middle of the ribbon above. The Government of the day prepares lists of worthy recipients, and recommends them to the Reigning Sovereign who - in this case George VI - makes the appointment. |
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