Order of Barbados

The Order of Barbados is part of the National honours system awarded by the government of Barbados, and presented by the Governor-General of Barbados on behalf of The Queen of Barbabos. It comprises four classes, two of which are awarded in two grades. It was instituted under Royal letters patent of Queen Elizabeth II dated 27 July 1980. The first awards were subsequently bestowed in November 1980. Barbados had previously used the British Honours System.

Classes

	Class	Grade	Post-nominal letters	Title or style
1.	Knight (or Dame) of St. Andrew	-	KA (or DA)	Sir (male) or Dame (female)
2.	Companion of Honour of Barbados	-	CHB	The Honourable
3.	Crown of Merit	Gold Crown of Merit	GCM	*
		Silver Crown of Merit	SCM	*
4.	Barbados Service Award	Barbados Service Star	BSS	*
		Barbados Service Medal	BSM	*

Honours list by year

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005

See also

• Commonwealth realms orders and decorations
• Queen's Birthday Honours
• List of prizes, medals, and awards

Notes

• Singh, Rickey (14 December 2003). "Bajan Politicians As Knights and Dames - Reflections on a national honours roll". Guyana Chronicle. Archived from the original on 7 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 

References

External links

• National honours and decorations from the Barbados Government Information Service
• National Honours and Decoration, Government of Barbados
• Orders, Decorations and Medals of Barbados - ribbon chart
• Orders, Decorations and Medals of Barbados - list of medals
• Medals of Barbados, Jean-Paul LeBlanc