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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 7, 1917.
may at any time have been expelled shall be restored to the enjoyment of the Decoration.
VIII. The warrant of the 5th June, 1905, is hereby revoked.
Given at Our Court at Saint James's, this Twenty-eighth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventeen, in the Eighth year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty's Command.
GEO. CAVE.
GEORGE R.I.
GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
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HEREAS His late Majesty King Edward VII, being desirous of distinguishing by some mark of His Royal Favour the many heroic acts performed by those of His faithful subjects who endanger their own lives in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from perils incurred in mines or quarries or otherwise in connection with Industrial Employment in His Dominions and in Territories under His protection and jurisdiction, did by Warrants under His Sign Manual bearing date respectively the 13th July, 1907, and the 1st December, 1909, for Himself, His Heirs and Successors institute and create a new Medal to be entitled the Edward Medal to be awarded for such acts of gallantry:
And whereas We are desirous of amending the rules governing the award of the said Decoration and of consolidating the Royal Warrants relating to the said Decoration, We are graciously pleased to make, ordain and establish the following Rules for the governance of the said Decoration :
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1. It is ordained that the Medal shall be styled "The Edward Medal," but when it is awarded for acts of such great and exceptional gallantry as to merit a special degree of recognition it shall be styled "The Edward Medal in Silver. 2. It is ordained that the Edward Medal shall consist of a circular Medal with Our Effigy on the obverse, and on the reverse a suitable design with the words "For Courage"; and that the Medal shall be of Bronze or, when the Edward Medal in Silver is awarded, of Silver.
3. It is ordained that the Edward Medal shall only be awarded to those of Our faithful subjects who endanger their own lives in saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others from perils incurred in connection with Industrial Employment in these Our Dominions, and in Territories under Our protec- tion or jurisdiction, and such awards shall be made only on a recommenda- tion to Us by Our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
4. It is ordained that the names of those upon whom We may be pleased to confer either of these Decorations shall be published in the London Gazette, and that a Register thereof shall be kept in the Office of Our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
5. It is ordained that each Medal shall be supended from the left breast, and the riband, of an inch and three-eighths in width, shall be dark blue with a narrow yellow stripe on either side: Provided that when the Medal is awarded to a woman it shall be worn on the left shoulder, suspended from a riband of the same width and colour fashioned into a bow.
6. It is ordained that any act of gallantry which is worthy of recognition by the award of the Edward Medal, but is performed by one upon whom the Decoration has already been conferred may, on a recommendation to Us by Our Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, be recorded by a Bar attached to the riband by which the Medal is suspended; and for every such additional act an additional Bar may be added.
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