Neck badge of the Order of Canada, Officer grade. Serial Number 718. [Believed to be that of Brig. H. P. Bell-Irving as found in uniform display]. It was made Garrad and Company, Regent Street, London, England. Garrard & Co. Limited formerly Asprey & Garrard Limited designs and manufactures luxury jewellery and silver. George Wickes founded Garrard in London in 1735. Garrard is headquartered at Albemarle Street in Mayfair, London. Garrard also has a presence in Harrods, London, Geneva, Lebanon, Qatar, Dubai, Moscow and Hong Kong. Garrard was the Crown Jeweller of the UK, charged with the upkeep of the British Crown Jewels, from 1843 to 2007. The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada. It comes second only to membership in the Order of Merit, which is the personal gift of Canada's monarch. Officers of the Order of Canada (post-nominals: OC) have demonstrated an outstanding level of talent and service to Canadians, and up to 64 may be appointed each year, not including those inducted as extraordinary Officers or in an honorary capacity, with no limit to how many may be living at one time. As of October 2015, there were 1,123 living Officers, none being honorary. Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving, OC DSO OBE OBC ED CD (January 21, 1913 - September 21, 2002 in Vancouver, BC) was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, he was educated at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island and Loretto at Musselburgh, Scotland. Bell-Irving met his wife, He returned to attend the University of British Columbia, but dropped out due to the war. Nancy, while attending UBC and was married in April 1937. During World War II, Bell-Irving was an officer in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. He commanded units of the battalion in Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe before becoming the commander of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division. He was present for the Liberation of Amsterdam. After the war, he returned to Vancouver and he joined his family real estate company, Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies, which later merged with A.E. LePage in 1972. In 1974 he was elected Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade. In 1978, Governor General Jules Léger, on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, appointed him Lieutenant-Governor of BC. He remained as the Lieutenant-Governor of BC until 1983. He was also the Honourary Colonel of the Seaforths of Canada. In 1984 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, in 1985 he received the Order of British Columbia and in 1986- he was appointed a Freeman of the City of Vancouver.