Here's a feel-good newspaper article with a lovely picture where the great caricaturist and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe seems to be quite pleased receiving a CBE (Commander of the British Empire). I think the CBE is the highest of the British chivalric orders that doesn't involve actually making someone a knight. In other words, it's a big deal and a nice thing. There's nothing equivalent to receiving Orders in the US, although some states have unofficial cultural rolls and honors of this type and there are a few national medals that might sort of fit that role. Give Scarfe any and all of the honors for which he's even remotely eligible, that's what I say.
