Order of the Crown of India

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[[File:Imperial Order of the Crown of India.jpg|right|thumb|Badge of the order]]
[[File:Imperial Order of the Crown of India.jpg|right|thumb|Badge of the order]]


The members of the Order could use the [[post-nominal letters]] "'''CI'''", but did not acquire any special precedence or status due to it. Furthermore, they were entitled to wear the badge of the Order, which included [[Queen Victoria]]'s Imperial Cypher, VRI (''Victoria Regina Imperatrix''). The letters were set in diamonds, pearls, and turquoises, and were together surrounded by a border of pearls surmounted by a figure of the Imperial Crown. The badge was worn and attached to a light blue bow, edged in white, on the left shoulder.
The members of the Order could use the [[post-nominal letters]] "'''CI'''", but did not acquire any special precedence or status due to it. Furthermore, they were entitled to wear the badge of the Order, which included [[Queen Victoria]]'s Imperial Cypher, VRI (''Victoria Regina Imperatrix''). The letters were set in diamonds, pearls, and turquoises, and were together surrounded by a border of pearls surmounted by a figure of the Imperial Crown.


[[File:ElizabethIItroopingcolour crop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Elizabeth in red uniform on a black horse|Elizabeth II, in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards, wears the badge of the order as a medal (first on left). (Trooping the Colour, 1986)]]
The badge was normally worn attached to a light blue bow, edged in white, on the left shoulder. Recipients entitled to other medals wore the Order’s badge mounted on their medal groups. [[File:ElizabethIItroopingcolour crop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Elizabeth in red uniform on a black horse|Elizabeth II, in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Guards, wears the badge of the order as a medal (first on left). (Trooping the Colour, 1986)]]


==Recipients==
==Recipients==
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