One of a group of orders, medals and badges awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, Grand Cross Sash and Badge of the Order of Honour and Merit, Cuban Red Cross

One of a group of orders, medals and badges awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, Grand Cross Sash Badge of the Order of the Phoenix

One of a group of orders, medals and badges awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, Grand Cross Sash with Badge, Spanish Order of Alfonso the Wise

Officer's crimson netted waist sash worn by General Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna, 1809, removed from his body by Sir Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch

Sash of blue cloth with lozenge pattern woven in red, fringed with red-dyed and white goat hair: India, Kohima, Angami Naga

Sash, part of an ensemble worn by a woman at the Court of Bhopal, green wool trimmed with gold coloured embroidery: India, Bhopal, mid 19th century

Sash of brown banana fibre woven with cross bands and the names of its makers, KENIE and MALEM: Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kosrae State, Lelu Island

Woman's sash, part of a dance outfit, made from pandanus leaf with coconut fibre tie string, with a woven pattern on the front in human hair: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Sash in form of an oblong strip of beadwork worked with triangles in colours, with eight brass buttons at each end: South Africa, Zulu - Xosa

Sash of multiples of blue and white beads: Africa, Eastern Africa, Malawi, Blantyre or Domasi, early 20th century