MEDAL, COMMEMORATIVE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact11672
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH CORONATION
- Date Range From
- 1937
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- ALUMINUM?
- Catalogue Number
- P20020071008
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH CORONATION
- Date Range From
- 1937
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- ALUMINUM?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Diameter
- 3.2
- Description
- ROUND, SILVER, MEDALLION. EMBOSSED ON ONE SIDE IS THE SIDE VIEW OF A KING AND A QUEEN. AROUND PERIMETER READS "GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH CROWNED 1937". EMBOSSED ON OPPOSITE SIDE IS THE FIGURE OF BRITANNIA WITH ONE ARM OUTSTRETCHED AND A SHIELD IN THE OPPOSITE HAND. BEHIND HER IS AN ELABORATE BUILDING. ALSO EMBOSSED ON THIS SIDE IS "LONG MAY THEY REIGN" AND "BIRKS". THERE IS A SMALL LOOP OF METAL AT TOP OF MEDALLION THAT IS BROKEN ON ONE SIDE.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- History
- DONOR BELIEVES MEDALLION WAS SENT TO HIS MOTHER BY HER SISTER GLADYS JONES. SEE P20020071009-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P20020071008
- Acquisition Date
- 2003-05
- Collection
- Museum
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