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      Insignia: A gold oval insignia varying in height from 54 mm to 41 mm. The centre displays the shield of Nova Scotia surmounted by a crown. The circumference of the insignia displays the text FAX MENTIS HONESTAE GLORIA (“Glory is the light of a noble mind”) in gold on a field of blue enamel. The reverse is plain, though it is occasionally engraved with the details of the recipients and gold or silver hallmarks.

      Suspender: A gold loop suspender of varying sizes.

      Ribbon: A watered orange tawny ribbon 44 mm in width.

      Postnominals: Bt, Bart, or Bart NS.

      Other: A variety of manufacturers have produced the insignia. Some pieces in carat gold date from the founding of the baronetage and are quite rare.

      Number of Creations: 329.

      The Most Honourable Order of the Bath

      The Order of the Bath was founded by King George I in 1725 as a single-level military order consisting of Knights of the Bath (KB). In 1815 a civil division was added to the order and the military division was restructured into three levels: Knight Grand Cross (GCB), Knight Commander (KCB), and Companion (CB). By 1847 the civil division was restructured to mirror its military counterpart and was divided into three levels.[2] Appointments to the military division were made in recognition of service of the highest calibre, and nominees had to have a Mention in Dispatches. Those appointed to the order generally started at the CB level and could subsequently be elevated to KCB and GCB. Officers holding the rank of major or commander and above were eligible for appointment to the order, with KCBs being awarded primarily to those holding the rank of major-general and above, and GCBs being bestowed upon lieutenant-generals, generals, and field marshals or their naval equivalents.

      No member of the Canadian Militia was ever appointed a GCB, though Canadians serving in the British Army did receive this honour, notably General Sir William Fenwick Williams and General Sir Gordon Drummond. In the pre-Confederation period the only Canadian appointed to the military division of the Order of the Bath was Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry in 1817 for services in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Chateauguay. Eight members of the Canadian Militia were made KCBs, General Sir Arthur Currie and Victoria Cross holder Lieutenant-General Richard Turner being the most prominent, both in recognition of services rendered during the First World War.

      During the South African War (1899–1902), five Canadians were made Companions; the First World War saw forty-two Canadians appointed CBs; two were made during the interwar period; sixty-two during the Second World War; and one final appointment went to Brigadier John Rockingham for service in the Korean War. The final Canadian KCB in the military division came during the brief Bennett honours revival of 1933–35 when the commissioner of the RCMP, Major-General James Howden MacBrien, was appointed.

      In the pre-Confederation period, seven Canadians were appointed to the civil division as Companions of the Order of the Bath. Immediately following Confederation, the civil division of the Order of the Bath was the principal means through which the Crown honoured senior office-holders and politicians. The most famous of those appointed to the Order of the Bath was Sir John A. Macdonald, who was made a KCB upon the achievement of Confederation. He would go on to be made a GCB in 1884. Seven Fathers of Confederation were made Companions of the Order of the Bath in recognition of their contributions, with one refusing the honour. George- Étienne Cartier declined appointment as a CB in 1867 because he felt he deserved an honour equal to that accorded to his English-Canadian counterpart, Macdonald, as the representative of French Canada. Cartier’s patience paid off, and in 1868 he was appointed a baronet, an honour superior to Macdonald’s KCB!

      In 1868 the statutes of the Order of St. Michael and St. George were altered and services that had previously been recognized with the Order of the Bath in Britain’s overseas dominions and colonies were henceforth recognized with the Order of St. Michael and St. George (the civil division of the Order of the Bath continued to be used to honour senior civil servants within the United Kingdom). This explains why Canadian appointments to the civil division of the order were nearly discontinued after 1868. Sir Sam Hughes and Major-General Sir John Wallace Carson were the last Canadians to be appointed to the civil division of the order, both as KCBs.

      Criteria: Exemplary service at the national level in either military or civil service.

      Insignia: Distinct insignia exist for the military and civil divisions.

      Ribbon: Crimson, 38 mm wide for all levels, save the GCB sash, which is 102 mm wide.

      Knight Grand Cross (Military and Civil Divisions)

      Order of the Bath appointment warrant.

      Mantle: Crimson satin, lined with white taffeta and tied with a cord of white silk, to the end of each which is attached crimson silk and gold tassels. The breast star of a Knight Grand Cross in the military or civil division is embroidered in wire on the left side of the mantle.

      Collar: The collar insignia for the order is the same for both the military and civil divisions. The sash badge is attached to the collar; the collar badges differ for the civil and military divisions. A collar of gold composed of nine arched Imperial Crowns, eight roses, thistles, and shamrocks issuing from a gold sceptre enamelled in their proper colours, linked together with seventeen gold-enamelled knots.

      Postnominals: GCB.

      Knight Grand Cross (Military Division)

      Sash Badge: A gold 88 mm wide Maltese cross with eight points, enamelled white, edged in gold, in each of the four angles displaying a lion passant guardant, in the centre on a gold background, a rose, thistle, and shamrock issuing from a sceptre, between three arched Imperial Crowns, this central device contained within a gold border displaying the motto TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO (“Three joined into one”) encompassed by two laurel branches in green with a blue ribbon at the base containing the text ICH DIEN (“I serve”). The sash is worn over the right shoulder with the sash badge resting on the left hip.

      Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (military).

      Breast Star: A star 88 mm wide and 95 mm in height composed of silver rays, displaying in the centre a Maltese cross in gold, the centre of which is gold upon which there are displayed three arched Imperial Crowns in gold, the central device circumscribed by a gold ribbon containing the motto TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO and bordered on each side one laurel branch in green, at the base a small blue scroll with the text ICH DIEN.

      Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division)

      Sash Badge: A gold oval badge 42 mm wide, displaying a rose, thistle, and shamrock emanating from a sceptre between three arched Imperial Crowns, the whole of the centre pierced and circumscribed by the motto TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO.

      Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (civil).

      Breast Star: A star 88 mm wide and 95 mm in height composed of silver rays, the centre of which is gold upon which there are displayed three arched Imperial Crowns in gold, the central device circumscribed by a gold ribbon containing the motto TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO. The sash is worn over the right shoulder with the sash badge resting on the left hip.

      Knight Commander (Military Division)

      Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (military).

      Neck Insignia: Similar to the sash badge worn by GCBs in the military division, though 58 mm wide. The suspender ring through which the ribbon passes displays oak leaves.

      Breast Star: Composed of four rays of silver,

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