The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

• Date of Institution: 1877
• Ranks: Three
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire – G.C.I.E.
  • Knight Commander of the Indian Empire – K.C.I.E.
  • Companion of the Indian Empire – C.I.E.
• Motto: Imperatricis Auspiciis;
• Insignia:
  • Badge:
  • Riband: ;
  • Star: Five rays of silver having a smaller ray of gold between each of them, the whole alternately plain and scaled, issuing from a gold centre having thereon the Effigy of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria within a purple circle inscribed with the motto;
  • Collar: ;
  • Mantle: Purple satin lined with white silk; cordon of white silk and tassels of purple silk and gold attached thereto; on the left side is an embroidered representation of the star;
  • Hood: (None)
  • Hat:
• Size of Order:
• Chapel:
• Officers:
  • Grand Master
• Comments: There have been no appointments to this order since 1947.

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