Great Britain: Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary / Britannia, Empire
|
|
|
|
|
Form:
|
Circular. Gilt medal holed for a ring to a suspension with upper and lower gilt pressed metal bars, red while blue ribbon faced with gilt cut-out GvR monogram.
|
|
By:
|
J.R. Gaunt & Son |
|
Date:
|
1911 |
|
Ref:
|
BHM: 4038; Laidlaw: 1098;
|
|
Variations:
|
| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
|---|
| 63 mm | Silver | 102 gm | $375 | | 63 mm | Yellow Bronze | | $300 | | 35.0 mm | Gilded Bronze | 28.7 gm (inc. suspension) | $20 |
|
|
Edge:
|
Plain.
|
|
Obverse:
|
Conjoined busts of the King and Queen, left, he bareheaded, she diademed. Signed in script on the truncation: "Gaunt. Birm." Legend on an incused band, partly obscured by design: "GEORGIUS.V.REX.ET.IMP.MARIA.REG"
|
|
Reverse:
|
Britannia seated on a raised dias, front, holding trident and Imperial crown. Legend on a band, partly obscured by design: "TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION.1911". In the exergue, a plaque: "INDIA.AUSTRALIA / CANADA.NEW-ZEALAND / SOUTH-AFRICA".
|
|
Notes:
|
Larger medals come inside a blue case lined with white silk and blue velvet.
This silver medal in a large-size NGC slab graded MS 62.
|
