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Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

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The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal was a commemorative medal made to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Issue

For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that the authorities in the United Kingdom decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and other possessions of the Crown. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the government of each territory, which was left free to decide who got a medal and why.[1]

A total of 138,214 medals were issued, including:

  • 11,561 to Australians.
  • 12,500 to Canadians.[2]

Description

A circular, silver medal, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse features a crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, in a high-collared ermine cloak and wearing the collar of the Garter and Badge of the Bath, and facing right. There is no raised rim and no legend.

The reverse shows the Royal Cypher EIIR surmounted by a large crown. The legend around the edge reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II CROWNED 2nd JUNE 1953.

The dark red ribbon is Vorlage:Convert wide, with Vorlage:Convert wide white edges and two narrow dark blue stripes in the centre, each Vorlage:Convert wide and Vorlage:Convert apart.

Ladies awarded the medal can wear it on their left shoulder with the ribbon tied in the form of a bow.

The medals were issued without inscription except for the 37 issued to the British Mount Everest Expedition. These were engraved MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION on the rim.

Precedence by country

Some orders of precedence are as follows:

Country Preceding Following
Vorlage:Flagicon Australia
Order of precedence[3]		 King George VI Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Vorlage:Flagicon New Zealand
Order of precedence[4]		 King George VI Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
Vorlage:Flagicon South Africa
Order of precedence[5]		 Tshumelo Ikatelaho - General Service Medal Independence Medal (Transkei)
Vorlage:Flagicon United Kingdom
Order of precedence[6]		 King George VI Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

See also

References

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  1. ↑ NZDF Medals
  2. ↑ Veterans Affairs Canada
  3. ↑ The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards. Government House, abgerufen am 7. Juli 2014.
  4. ↑ Order of Wear: Orders, Decorations and Medals in New Zealand. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 18. November 2013, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2014.
  5. ↑ Republic of South Africa Government Gazette Vol. 477, no. 27376, Pretoria, 11 March 2005, OCLC 72827981
  6. ↑ Vorlage:Londongazette
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