Those English guys are wack. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Ins***uted by King George the Fifth in 1917 as an Order of Knighthood. The Military Division comprises five cl***es. The first cl*** Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GBE), second cl*** Knight or Dame Commander (KBE or DBE), third cl*** Commander (CBE), fourth cl*** officer (OBE) and fifth cl*** Member (MBE). Each cl***, dependent upon the rank of the recipient, is bestowed for meritorious service. The Medal of the Order (BEM) was discontinued in the United Kingdom in 1993.